Originally Posted by apoivre
It doesn't. If/when CO flies to DME they'll be the only ST carrier over there
so what? SU is not yet a ST carrier therefore there is no difference if you connect from ST airline to SU in SVO, or from ST airline to the whole bunch of other a/c which offer much wider network in Russia (not to mention that even if you manage to fly into SVO on ST airline, to continue your flight on SU domestic you have to change terminals which are 5 miles apaprt).