There seems to be a contradiction between these two DOT documents, in that one refers to a waiver of the deadline to start service having been extended to 9/9/10 and the other saying that an application for "frequency" had been denied in May, 2010.
However, if you look earlier to the application for frequency, it is for specific flight times...
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OST-2009-0070 - Frequency Allocation - New York-St. Petersburg
March 13, 2010
Amended Application for a Frequency Allocation
Baltia proposes to start weekly service between New York and St. Petersburg upon obtaining such service authority from the Russian Federation. Baltia will use its own B747 aircraft configured for three class service. Baltia has applied for slots at JFK for the following schedule:
FIt. #101-dep KJFK 1600 Sat/arr LED 800 Sun
FIt. #102-dep LED 1100/arr KJFK 1230 Monday (same day service)
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So this doesn't seem to specifically address route authority, but addresses flight frequency on the route.
An ambiguity here.