MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a resolution to suspend the operation of the intergovernmental agreement with Bermuda on transfer of functions of supervision over registered airplanes effective since 1999, the Cabinet’s press service said.

This will make possible to create conditions for registration of civilian aircraft in the Russian state register and mitigate risks for passenger air traffic. "The Foreign Ministry is ordered by the government resolution to send a written notice of suspension of the agreement to the Bermudian side," the press service said.

The decision was taken in connection with actions of Bermuda’s aviation authorities in respect of Russian airlines on cancellation of airworthiness certificates for civilian airplanes and failure to perform aircraft maintenance. "The transfer of airplanes into the Russian state register provides the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency with the possibility of monitoring their airworthiness instead of foreign regulators," the press service said.