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Sanctions, seizures, freezes and general fallout from Russian invasion of Ukraine

Blackadder1916

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As the world watches the war in Ukraine unfold, anything associated with Russia or a Russian (particularly an oligarch) seems to be fair game. Not wanting to interrupt the more important discussion in the larger Ukraine thread with these sometimes unusual stories, I'll post them here.



 
I guess it doesn't matter who the cargo was destined for.

Following sanctions issued against Russia amid the country's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine, Canadian authorities have impounded an Antonov An-124 flown by Volga-Dnepr Airlines. The Ukrainian-built cargo jet has flown for the Russian airfreight specialist for its entire career, and was in Canada to deliver COVID tests.

Seized in Toronto​

Reports have emerged of a Russian-registered Antonov An-124 being sized by Canadian authorities after finding itself in the wrong place at the wrong time. The country, like many others around the world, has issued sanctions against Russia due to its present aggression in Ukraine, as well as banning its airlines and aircraft.

According to ch-aviation.com, the aircraft in question bears the registration RA-82078. Clocking in at 27.21 years old, the aircraft presently flies for Ulyanovsk-based Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines, and has done so consistently since its delivery there in September 1996. It arrived in Canada at the end of last month.

Specifically, ch-aviation reports that it came to the country carrying a shipment of COVID-19 testing kits ordered from China. Data from FlightRadar24.com shows that the last leg of this journey took it from Anchorage to Toronto, arriving on February 27th. Following Canada's airspace ban on Russian carriers and aircraft, the country impounded it a day later in Toronto, where it has remained ever since.
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