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On March 21, 2022, the investigating judge of the Sviatoshynsky District Court of Kyiv, as part of the criminal proceedings opened on the application of the Antonov state enterprise, adopted a ruling on the arrest of 12 An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircraft of the Russian airline Volga-Dnepr, Ilyashev & Partners law firm said, representing the interests of the state company.
Analysts see the Ukrainian decision to seize the assets of aerospace company Motor Sich as a sign of Kyiv’s increasing confidence in favouring Washington’s interests over that of its other key ally, China.
On March 11, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) announced the nationalisation of Motor Sich, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of aircraft engines and gas-turbine installations. On March 20, its assets were seized and transferred to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency of Ukraine (ARMA) for management.
In 2016, Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment bought 76 per cent of shares in Motor Sich from its owner Vyacheslav Boguslaev.