[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow...”515 of Russia’s 980 passenger planes are on lease from foreign aviation firms”

Vlad will not scrap them, but prevent them from leaving Russia and maybe confiscate them.

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Vlad will not scrap them, but prevent them from leaving Russia and maybe confiscate them.”

The Russians may have excess capacity for some time and little need for the aircraft?

[CodeToad]

“Vlad will not scrap them, but prevent them from leaving Russia and maybe confiscate them.”

Exactly. If the EU can arbitrarily cancel contracts then Russia can arbitrarily cancel ownership.