The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday moved to effectively ground 100 airplanes that have recently flown to Russia and are believed to violate U.S. export controls, including a plane used by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich.
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- The U.S.
- Commerce Department on Friday moved to effectively ground 100 airplanes that have recently flown to Russia.
- The list includes 99 Boeing airplanes operated by Russian passenger and cargo carriers including Aeroflot, AirBridge Cargo, Utair, Nordwind, Azur Air and Aviastar-TU.
- The department said in a statement the action means “international flights from Russia on these aircraft are effectively grounded” The department released specific tail numbers of the planes, including 33 Boeing planes.
- The United States, Canada and much of Europe have barred Russian planes from flying over their airspace, which has forced the cancellation of much of Russia’s international flights.