After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the British government closed the airspace and all airports in the country to Russian aircraft, including private ones, and then Ports closed to all ships having any connection with Russia. In addition, he tightened the rules so that the introduction of Russian aircraft into British airspace became a crime.
As part of the changes announced on Wednesday Any maintenance or maintenance of aircraft and ships belonging to the Russians is prohibited. This is the case, for example, in cases when this unit was previously at a British airport or port.
As the British government made clear, the new rules were implemented immediately To two oligarchs are on the list of sanctions for several days – Yevgeny Szweidler and Oleg Tonkov. And Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced last Saturday that two planes belonging to the first plane were initially held for clarification. It is permanently seized. On this occasion, the media reported that investigations were being conducted into the plane, which is suspected to be owned by Tonkov.
As for the second announced changes, the ban on financial transactions, trade and the supply of goods, which was valid for all entities from Crimea, was extended to entities from the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
