MOSCOW, March 5. /TASS/. Aeroflot will close all international flights, except flights to Minsk, from March 8, the airline’s press service said. Cancellation of international routes will also apply to flights of Rossiya and Aurora airlines.

"Aeroflot will continue in full scope making flights over the route network inside Russia, except earlier introduced temporary restrictions for flights to cities in the south of the country. Flights to and from Minsk also continue," the company said.

The Russian aviation regulator recommended national airlines to reduce flights overseas. The agency recommended air carriers with airplanes leased from foreign airlines and not registered in Russia and exposed therefore to risks of airplanes detention abroad to halt flights overseas from March 6 and from abroad since March 8.