MOSCOW, April 4 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has refused to compel Aeroflot company to insure its civil liability in accordance with modern standards, attorney Marat Amanliev told RAPSI on Monday.

Such demand was issued by Amanliev and attorney Nikolai Maximov who are going to appeal this ruling. The lawsuit was related to a complaint filed by a passenger, Vitaliy Ivanov, who bought a ticket for Moscow – Chișinău flight. Ivanov's interests were represented by Amanliev.

“After Vitaliy Ivanov learned that the Republic of Moldova is among countries that require special safety measures to fly to, he decided to inquire about guarantees that are to be provided for his family if something happens to him. There was no answer to that question,” Amanliev told RAPSI earlier.

The attorneys studied the international law regarding this problem and found out that Russian air travel falls under jurisdiction of Warsaw Convention 1929 which states that insurance for a passenger estimates 250,000 French francs.

According to Amanliev, modern sum would be equivalent to 35 million rubles ($521,300).

The attorneys asked Aeroflot to provide information on what legislation it abides to during international flights and how it measures amount of insurance that is to be paid to a passenger’s family if he dies in a plane crash. They also wanted Aeroflot to introduce a fixed insurance estimating 100,000 SDR (special drawing rights) if the company has no civil liability insurance of such amount.