RVSM Implementation Russia, China etc.
China implemented before the Olympics in 2008 [/font]
Russia
1) Dates: 17 NOV 2011[/font]
2) States: Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (There is a negotiation to include also Afghanistan).Turkmenistan says Afghanistan must implement simultaneously.
3) Yes, they will use ICAO Annex 2 table 3a. The Chinese use Annex 2 table 3b, which came from the fact that in the Chinese airspace they decided to keep the meters as the main unit of measurement and doing so the tables needed to be adjusted to keep the same levels of safety as the equivalent in ft.
4) Just China uses Annex 2 table 3b.
5) There are no inconsistent States, in the Russian and Chinese spheres of influence.