The Federal Air Transport Agency ( - ''Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta'', FAVT), also known as Rosaviatsiya (), is the civil aviation authority of the

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, responsible for overseeing the

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industry across Russia and surrounding

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, covering about 14

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s. Its headquarters are located in

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. The Federal Air Transport Agency regularly works alongside the

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. It is also called the Russian Federation Civil Aviation Administration (RFCAA).

History

The Federal Air Transport Agency was established in 2004 by Russian President

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. On March 9, 2004, Putin issued a decree, “On the System and Structure of Federal Executive Bodies,” in which the Agency was created. The Agency received many functions of the abolished Ministry of Transport of the

. A

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on Rosaviatsia by hackers was unleashed in late March 2022 following the

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. The effect was a massive disruption and the Russian agency said it had switched back to paper records following the attack. Due to budget limitations, Rosaviatsia did not have good

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of the hacked data.

Leadership

The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency is appointed and dismissed by the government of the Russian Federation. At its creation, the head was

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. Other heads followed, including from 2009, . who was replaced & criminally charged with initiation of war. Since September 2022, has headed the Agency.

Functions

The main functions of the Federal Air Transport Agency are: * organization of the execution of federal target programs and the federal target investment program; * provision of public services of public importance on conditions established by federal legislation to an indefinite number of persons, including for the purposes of: implementing a package of measures to organize the enforcement of international and domestic flights; implementation of a set of measures aimed at ensuring the security of transport infrastructure facilities and vehicles against acts of unlawful interference; * publication of individual legal acts on the basis of and pursuant to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts and instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation; * governing the Unified Air Traffic Management System of the Russian Federation.

References

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