Originally Posted by
Globaliser
I think I've now clocked up over half a century of trouble-free flying, often to the US, on tickets that have never included my middle name!
Ditto. I've got a heap of middle names (for which I can only blame my hippy 1960s parents, it was probably a good idea at the time, but they certainly don't remember it!). If Russia doesn't need them, if Belarus doesn't need them, heck if Ryanair doesn't need them, then it's OK to drop the middle name.
The TSA and DHS internal guidance also allow for travel without middle names.