It was three years ago... Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has revoked hundreds of pilots' licenses and could nullify as many as 1,000 more in the near term in a campaign that eventually could see up to a quarter of all Russian pilots lose their flying privileges. The revocations would apply to pilots who received their training from non-governmental flight training centers previously approved by Rosaviatsiya.
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