According to the Emergencies Ministry spokesperson, there are 10 children among the evacuees.
The flight to Syria faced difficulties, as Bulgaria refused to allow the Russian plane to fly through its air space, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Tomashov said.
"We had to cooperate with the Russian Foreign Ministry to urgently arrange a new flight route bypassing Bulgaria. This was done fairly quickly and with little delay the plane headed for Latakia," Tomashov explained.
Apart from Russian citizens, the plane brought eight Belarusian nationals, four Ukrainian citizens and two citizens of Syria to Moscow.
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