Russia and the EU are continuing to trade blame in a clash on air passenger data, as airlines count down days to deadline.
If nothing changes in the next 20 days, EU airlines will from 1 July be forced to hand over passengers' personal data, such as credit card details, to Russian security services under a new law.
If they do not comply, Russia might ground the 53,000-or-so European flights which transit over Siberia to Asia each year.
But if they do comply, they will foul ...
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