Sanctions have deprived Russia’s airline industry of the parts it needs to keep its Boeing, Airbus and other western planes airworthy and things are getting desperate.
Russian authorities claimed the suspect aimed to pass the information to Poland so the facility could be targeted in air attacks orchestrated by Ukraine.
Speaking in Moscow, Vyacheslav Gladkov lamented the hardships suffered in the region since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, saying: “Not everyone can cope.”