Some parts of Russian airspace should have been closed more then 24 hours ago, when ash started to propagate it's airspace. !! Yesterday !! night crews around Moscow reported St Elmo's Fire (visible electrical discharges) at altitudes from 2500 to 11000 feet (therefore ash IS there). All Russian airspace remains fully open despite that more then 24 hours has passed since data came that ash IS there. That's insane!
Officials from Russian meteorological service said that "they have no accurate measuring equipment since 90's and rely on western colleges for ash forecasts" Still, they don't follow those forecasts and keep all FIR's open (except for Kaliningrad - the one on the far west, between Lithuania and Poland).
I bet if we have fatal accident resulting from ash, then in will happen in Russia. Total disregard for safety.