Boeing has accused an Irish aircraft leasing company linked to a sanctioned Russian state-owned bank of “total disregard” for cooperation on discovery and depositions in the legal tussle between the two sides. Timaero Ireland Limited is an aircraft leasing business that was set up in Ireland by VEB, a Russian state-owned bank and investment group that is now sanctioned by Western countries. The dispute, first filed in a US court in 2019, came in the shadow of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes that dogged Boeing’s reputation, caused groundings of the 737 Max and led to delivery delays of…

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