Ministry of Transport: Hundreds of aircraft of Russian airlines are registered in foreign registries

Ministry of Transport: Hundreds of aircraft of Russian airlines are registered in foreign registries

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Alina Malysheva, Director of the Department of Legal Support and Legislative Activities of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, calculated that more than 700 aircraft of Russian airlines are currently in foreign registers. She cited such data today in the Federation Council.

As the head of the department pointed out, Russia now “operates 1,367 aircraft, of which, respectively, 739 aircraft are currently registered in foreign registries,” TASS reports.

In this regard, Malysheva stressed, the issue of having the aircraft of Russian airlines registered in the Russian register without being excluded from the foreign one is being studied.

At the same time, she noted that the authorities have not yet made a decision to buy foreign aircraft from Russian airlines, RIA Novosti reports.

At the same time, Malysheva said that Russia is working on the supply of aircraft parts from China and other countries of the Asian region.

Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”

In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.

In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.

Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and gain access to their financial systems. In addition, the European Union, the United States, Canada and a number of other countries have closed the sky for Russian aircraft.

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Source: Rosbalt

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