I thought Russia charged huge fees for airlines to fly through their airspace. Apparently that's not true anymore, but this BusinessInsider BlogPostThing has a

I thought Russia charged huge fees for airlines to fly through their airspace. Apparently that's not true anymore, but this BusinessInsider BlogPostThing has a lot of interesting history I wasn't aware of. https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-uses-airspace-restrict-airliners-make-politic-moves-siberian-corridor-2021-12#for-the-most-part-only-one-airline-per-european-country-can-fly-over-russia-like-lufthansa-from-germany-30 https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-uses-airspace-restric...