Three blue-white gins standing next to the Leipzig / hall airport must no longer take off. These are cargo aircraft types of Antonov An-124, which belong to the Russian truck Volga Dnjepar and for more than three years are subject to prohibiting take-off and flying due to the European Union’s sanctions against Russia.
However, these giant metal birds could not take off anyway – during the maintenance work, because of which airplanes in February 2022. arrived in Leipzig, their engines were taken out. Where they are and whether they may be transported to Russia – it is not known.
And they are not the only ones: According to the information of WDR, the total seven planes across Germany are subject to the prohibition of flying 28. February 2022. year, in accordance with the EU Regulation 833/2014. At Cologne Airport, for example, Boeing 737 A Atran Air Friends from Moscow and Bombardier Challenger 300 Utair.
Boeing 747 British cargo company Cargologicair stands at the Frankfurt 747, which is 2022. year, due to the war-related sanctions in Ukraine, they had to suspend the business and soon afterwards bankruptcy. Cargologicair was a subsidiary company with Russian owners. “The authorized user” of the company’s funds ended at the British list of sanctions.
Confusion around ownership
On Munich airport, more than 800 days were standing with Airbus A320, which rented a Russian company Aeroflot. In June 2024. The plane finally took off and flew into the Czech Republic first. Chinese owners have taken over the plane and paid an open account of over 460,000 euros.
Spokesperson of the German Traffic Ministry, which is responsible for the implementation of air traffic sanctions, said other airplanes found in Germany, but that “due to current investigative proceedings about unexplained proprietary relations” cannot provide final information.
After Russian attacks on Ukraine in February 2022. and the package of the EU that the EU has introduced, a working group for the implementation of sanctions was formed in Germany. The leading ministries were the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance, with cooperation of services such as the Federal Criminal Office (BKA) and German Intelligence Service BND.
In January 2023. The tasks of this working group were transferred to the newly established Directorate in the Customs Administration – the Central Office for Implementation of Sanctions (ZFS). Since then, this office has been in charge of detecting and freezing property of sanctioned persons and companies in Germany. This includes, in addition to funds in banks and real estate, and vehicles, ships and airplanes.
Investigations are often very difficult. Real ownership relations are often covered with complex and cross-border networks of companies and intermediaries.
Private mermore of the late Vagner leader?
He is also probably a plane who has been standing at the Berlin-Brandenburg airport for years: in October 2020. The White Private Listen of the Hawker 800xp arrived from St. Petersburg in Germany – apparently for maintenance. Since then the plane did not leave Germany.
The plane, which has places for up to eight passengers and the range greater than 4,600 kilometers, but before the war in Ukraine reached the focus of the US authorities. They are convinced that the plane belonged to the late chief of the Russian mercenary group Vagner, a jevgennium of the coast.
According to Americans, the property of the probable coastal jet, which was mostly flying between Moscow, St. Petersburg, Soci and Turkey, leads through a network of fiction firms. On paper, the plane belongs to the company from San Marina, and further traces of water ownership to the company from St. Petersburg, which was in charge of working and maintaining the Vagner Group.
As the week’s “Cajt” reported, the American authorities were on early 2022. allegedly requested the German government to seize the plane. However, there was a disagreement among German institutions whether it was legally possible. Instead of seizure, the customs procedure was first launched in order to check whether everything was fine with the maintenance work. The plane was temporarily allowed to move.
“Parking” is charged only when leaving
Then Russia attacked Ukraine, a number of EU sanctions were followed, and in August 2023. – After the rebellion of his mercenary group against Kremlin – the head of the Vagnera, the occasion was killed in an unexplained plane accident in Russia.
The mentioned jet is now standing on the Berlin airport for almost five years. Already on spring 2023. The costs of plane accommodation amounted to about 37,000 euros.
“In principle, the costs you charge are invoiced only when the plane wants to leave the airport again,” the airport spokesperson said at the time.
“Since the listed plane is still in the airport area, the account has not yet been outlined.” The question is whether your costs will ever be paid.
In the case of three Antones, which have been permanent guests at the Leipzig / Hall airport, the situation is different. Fees for plane accommodation, as the airport spokesman, is settled by the owner – therefore the Russian airline. They obviously plan them again once again.
(Vijesti.ba)
