Selling tours to Egypt under current circumstances is a crass violation of Russian law and is liable to prosecution, Russia’s Ministry for Sports, Tourism and Youth Policies and Rostourism warn.

The two authorities remind everyone that, given the current situation in Egypt, Russian tourists can definitely demand that their tour contracts be canceled or the terms of the contract be modified due to a drastic change of circumstances that were in place at the contract-signing moment (like worsened traveling conditions or other circumstances). Their claims will be based on Articles 10 and 14 of the Tourist Activity Act and Article 451 of the Russian Federation Civil Code and can be taken to court if needed.

In case a tour contract gets canceled before the start of the trip, customers will get a full refund, and if the trip has already begun, they will get a portion of the sum paid proportional to the volume of services not yet rendered.

Egypt has been swept in large-scale popular uprisings since January 25, 2011. People demand that their President of thirty years Mubarak, 82, resign. President Mubarak has been traditionally seen as the U.S. ally in the region. The protesters are unhappy that his many years of rule have brought the country to want, unemployment, and a rise in food prices. Over a hundred protesters have been killed in the course of clashes with the law-enforcement officers.