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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Lancefield

Private jet linked to Russian oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler detained at Farnborough

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Boris Johnson’s government has used new aviation sanctions to impound a private jet in Hampshire, after making it a criminal offence for Russian planes to enter UK airspace.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said airport operators can now detain a Russian aircraft, or one suspected of being chartered by a Russian, under a sanctions law tightened in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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