Russia and Georgia resume travel and trade with lifted visa and flight restrictions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lifted the flight ban and visa regime with Georgia, which was imposed in 2019 after anti-Moscow rallies in Georgia. Putin has introduced a 90-day visa-free regime for Georgian citizens from May 15 and resumed air travel between Russia and Georgia. The two nations share a complicated history, and Georgia's pro-EU president has slammed Moscow's decision, calling it "another Russian provocation."