The joint liquidators of GTLK Europe, the Irish-based global aviation lessor formerly controlled by the Kremlin, are seeking compensation from insurers over the loss of 37 aircraft, valued at nearly €2 billion, stranded in Russia. The case against 10 insurance companies including Lloyds, Chubb, and AIG Europe, was fast-tracked into the Commercial division of the High Court on Monday. Ownership of the jets is in dispute, the court was told. The Russian state-owned JSC GTLK, subject to EU and US sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, claims it is the registered legal owner of the aircraft…

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