Originally Posted by
Hotel Tango
Forgive me if I thought it took place in Chinese airspace. Anyway what I said still applies. I have no idea how flexible ATC is in Siberian airspace because of military bases etc. Perhaps someone who regularly flies over those parts could comment.
These Siberian routes are pretty busy being the main corridor east. In Summer the hot temperatures over the taiga can result in some nasty turbulence but there is usually plenty of advance notice in English from ATC and other crews. However reporting requirements are relatively infrequent over the lengthy Siberian leg.
Here is the link to Tyumen Center
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China Eastern are Skyteam and Aeroflot operate to Tyumen, Ekaterinberg and Novosibisrk but in any case Tyumen is only about a couple of hours away from SVO