Judge in New York signs warrant for seizure of Roman Abramovich's jets — CNN

World June 07, 2022, 0:42

According to the channel, the jets are a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by Abramovich

MOSCOW, June 6. /TASS/. A federal judge in New York on Monday signed a warrant authorizing the seizure by the Justice Department of two jets owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, CNBC TV channel announced on Monday.

According to the channel, the jets are a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by Abramovich.

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner is in Dubai, while the Gulfstream G650ER is in Russia, according to court records.

The United States has not yet included Roman Abramovich on the sanctions list, but in March, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview with CNBC that she did not rule out the introduction of restrictions on the Russian entrepreneur.

On March 10, Roman Abramovich was included in the UK sanctions list. On March 15, the European Union introduced restrictions against the businessman.

On February 24, Putin said in a televised address that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation. The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories. After that the US, the EU, the UK and a number of other states announced that they would impose sanctions against Russian legal entities and individuals.

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