On July 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised the danger alert for all of Russia to "Level 3" (travel advisory), the second most severe on a scale of four. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs determined that it has become difficult to leave the country due to a series of flight suspensions caused by U.S. and European sanctions and Russia's countermeasures in response to the U.S. invasion of Ukraine.

Nihon Keizai Shimbun