US authorities order the seizure of two aircraft owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, including a Boeing jet believed to be one of the world's most expensive private planes.
US authorities have ordered the seizure of two aircraft owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, including a Boeing jet believed to be one of the world's most expensive private planes.President Joe Biden promised to pursue the "ill-gotten gains" of Russian elites following the invasion of Ukraine
A federal magistrate judge signed a warrant authorising the seizure of the $US60 million Gulfstream G650ER and the $US350 million Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jet that authorities said was worth less than $100 million before a lavish customisation.on Russian oligarchs and elites, Kremlin officials, businessmen linked to President Vladimir Putin and their yachts, aircraft and firms that manage them.
But the most expensive feature is the anti-missile system that makes it as secure as the US Presidential jet, Air Force One.In explaining the move to seize the planes, an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit that the Boeing 787 and the Gulfstream are subject to seizure because they have been moved between March 4 and 15 without licences being obtained, in violation of sanctions placed against Russia.
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