Aviation parts produced by the American company Boeing and the French Airbus ended up in Russian companies, despite the imposed sanctions against the Russian aviation industry. In the United States, two Russians were detained due to violation of export controls – they sold spare parts for Russian aviation in circumvention of sanctions.
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This is discussed in The New York Times article based on the analysis of Russian customs data.
Thousands of batches of aircraft parts successfully reached Russia last year. In particular, products manufactured by Boeing, Airbus and other companies. The recipients were the Russian sub-sanctioned airlines Rossiya, Aeroflot, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines, UTair and Pobeda Airlines.
The New York Times reports more than 5,000 separate shipments of aircraft parts to Russia during eight months of 2022: from simple propellers to a $290,000 aircraft engine starter from US defense company Honeywell.
In just eight months, US-made aircraft parts worth $14.4 million were shipped to Russia.
These shipments were made possible by illegal networks of companies that have sprung up to circumvent restrictions due to a series of front buyers, often in the Middle East and Asia. Most of the goods were delivered through countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, China and the Maldives. But a few shipments were sent directly from the US or Europe.
Recall that Russian imports of aircraft and aviation parts fell from $3.45 billion. a year before a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, about 286 million dollars. China has become Russia’s leading exporter of parts for aircraft, spacecraft and drones. India follows.
Russian airlines are now surviving by supplying spare parts to circumvent sanctions and the cannibalism of hundreds of foreign aircraft stranded in Russia since the outbreak of a full-scale war.
Source: Racurs
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