Putin’s Inner Circle Travels on Western-Made Private Jets Despite Sanctions, WJS reports
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WSJ: Putin’s sanctioned inner circle keeps buying Western business jets through a web of middlemen
Members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's sanctioned inner circle are still flying Western-built luxury business jets, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). A network of European brokers buys the aircraft, registers them in countries that ignore sanctions, and then sends them to Russia. Western enforcement, meanwhile, has gone slack. Western governments imposed sanctions to punish Russia's leaders and oligarchy for the 2022 full-scale …
Russian olikharkhs find workarounds to restrictions. The Russian elite, represented by dictator Vladimir Putin's inner circle, continues to use luxury aviation services despite Western sanctions, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing The Wall Street Journal. For example, a Bombardier Global 7500 business jet, a Western-built aircraft costing approximately $75 million and typically used by the global business elite, is based at Moscow's Vnukovo Airpor…
According to the Wall Street Journal, several jets would be purchased through third-party companies, registered in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kazakhstan and South Africa, and then made available to Russian end-users.
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The Russian elite continues to buy and use new Western-made business jets despite the sanctions. The Wall Street Journal writes about this.
Putin’s Inner Circle Travels on Western-Made Jets
Wall Street Journal: "Russia’s elite have been forced to adapt since the start of the war, but Western sanctions haven’t done much to crimp their globe-spanning lifestyles. They have traded places like London, the French Riviera and the Swiss Alps for new destinations such as the United Arab Emi
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