The Sviatoshyn Raion Court of Kyiv has arrested 12 transport planes An-124-100 “Ruslan” of the russian air company “Volga-Dnipro”, reports “RBK-Ukraine”.
The court application has been submitted by the state enterprise “Antonov”, and based on it, the criminal proceedings have been opened.
It has turned out that Rosaviation has illegally given the company from the group “Volga-Dnipro” the right to issue certificates about the flying feasibility of “Ruslans”.
“In fact, during the last years “Volga-Dnipro” has been giving out the certificates to itself, endangering the safe exploitation of the flying vessels, which is a blatant violation of the statements in international conventions,” cites “RBK-Ukraine” the press service of the law company “Illiashev and Partners”.
The court has arrested the planes to preserve the material evidence and to further ensure the compensation of losses. As of now, three “Ruslans” are prohibited to fly out of Germany, and one out of Canada. The work to arrest them in other jurisdictions is in progress as well.
The planes should be transferred to the office of the National Agency in Detection, Search, and Managing the Assets, Obtained through Corruption and Other Crimes.
In June 2019, the Podil Raion Court of Kyiv has arrested and prohibited the exploitation of five civil transport planes An-124-100 of the russian air company “Volga-Dripro”.