I saw in one of the Murdoch rags that SRB is grumbling hard about the decision. "In an ideal world Virgin and Easyjet would operate the flights".

I do agree that openskies to Russia, and dropping visa requirements, would be great news.

The Murdoch "news"paper also claimed Branson had been to Moscow last week and met with the UK Ambassador to India.

I assume they meant his visit to Delhi, where he indicated he might be up for joining an alliance