Active air traffic over Russia suggests that Western countries miscalculated when they hoped to “land” the Russian fleet with the help of anti-Russian sanctions, the restrictions imposed on it had no effect, reports the German magazine Wirtschaftswoche.
From data from the flight monitoring portal Flightradar24, it follows that a comparison of the movement of flights from April 2022, after the entry into force of the sanctions, with the movement from the end of March 2023 showed no significant change.
Western hopes were pinned on the fact that three-quarters of Russia’s civil aviation fleet is produced in Canada, the United States and the European Union, but Russia’s resolve and capabilities have been underestimated.
One example is how Russian leader Vladimir Putin quickly approved the expropriation of Western-owned planes, as well as their re-registration in his country.
In addition, the Russian side can receive aircraft spare parts through unofficial channels or from third countries: Uzbekistan, Turkey and Kazakhstan.
Earlier, the Polish Foreign Ministry said that the adoption by the European Union of a new 11th package of anti-Russian restrictions would take place in the second half of May at the earliest.
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