Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted a ban on direct flights between Russia and Georgia after Tbilisi's de facto withdrawal of direct support for Ukraine. Russia suspended flights to Georgia in June 2019 due to protests in Tbilisi amid a dispute over a Russian lawmaker giving a speech in Russian in the Georgian parliament. Putin also signed a decree on May 10 canceling visas for Georgians entering Russia for up to 90 days. Relations between the two countries have been complicated after Georgia lost control of its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a war with Russia in 2008. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
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