A controversial aircraft for $ 110 million was exported from the EU for a billionaire from the Russian Federation according to gray schemes - Roszma

According to Russian journalists, the aircraft was initially registered through a company in San Marino with the address on Malta, then he changed his registration in Azerbaijansk, after which he changed to Tajitsk, and finally, on June 14, it was registered in Russia under RA-73889. The new Airbus A320neo business jet, despite sanctions prohibiting the supply of foreign aviation engineering to Russia, got into the hands of a Russian billionaire.

This is stated in the investigation of the Russian media The Moscow Times, published on June 26. According to two unnamed insiders in the business audience market, the owner of the aircraft worth more than $ 115 million may be ZAKHA Iliyev, one of the founders of Kyiv Square. Iliyev is under the sanctions of the United States and the United Kingdom. According to Forbes, Iliyev's wealth is estimated at $ 3 billion, and the income of Kyiv Square from 2023 was $ 1. 76 billion.

The second source confirms the connection of the owner with the group "Kyiv Square". This aircraft, released by Airbus Corporate Jets at the end of 2019 with a serial number 8774, was sent to Basel in January 2020 to equip VIP interior and painting, which went all year long. Initially, the aircraft was registered through a company in San Marino with Malta address and received a T7-HHH number.

In the summer of 2022, he changed registration to Azerbaijani with 4K-5555, then Tajitsk with EY-565, and finally, on June 14, he was registered in Russia at RA-73889. This Airbus A320neo became the first ACJ business jet of the Neo family in Russia. The aircraft is an improved version of the Airbus A320 liners, capable of overcoming a distance of 11. 1 thousand kilometers with 25 passengers on board, in up to 13 hours. There are only ten such business jets in the world.