The Irish-registered Russian lessor, under Western sanctions, alleges EasyJet abandoned its planes in 2022 and it lost more than $70 million in the process.
Explosive drones at a German airport and cyber attacks on power plants are the latest Russian-led attempts at sowing disruption in the EU – sometimes via “disposable agents” paid as a little as a few hundred euro.
Pressure is growing on airlines to re-evaluate the safety of flying to Russia as the drone war escalates, write Benjamin Katz, Marcus Walker and Serhii Bosak, The Wall Street Journal.
As security forces lock down Druids Glen from the Red Scare, the EU’s toothless diplomacy on Israel leaves us exposed to the real consequences of unchecked aggression.
Volga-Dnepr, a Russian cargo carrier sanctioned in the West, failed to get sanctions lifted in Canada. Authorities there have seized a plane that is linked to an Irish subsidiary.
AerCap revealed that, after four years of war in Ukraine, its total recoveries from Russian airlines and insurers has reached $3bn – but the mission to recoup funds is far from over.
The oligarch at the centre of the controversy around Aughinish Alumina, Rusal and its links to Russia failed in a recent bid in the European courts to overturn sanctions against him.
As Micheál Martin delivered his speech to the European Parliament about Ireland’s presidency, MEPs were asking questions about the Russian-owned alumina plant and its exports to Russia. Jonathan Keane reports from Strasbourg.
Jason Corcoran had made his life in Moscow. He was drawn there back when the world believed in a new Russia. His new book tells the story of how so many were exiled and why he and his family had to flee.
The sanctioned oligarch and Rusal are facing a new lawsuit in the UK by other shareholders hit by sanctions. It’s the latest in a series of disputes among them running more than a decade.
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