Russia asks to ease sanctions to buy spare parts for "squeezed" Boeing and Airbus airliners — Reuters

The aggressor country russia has asked the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to ease sanctions on its civil aviation, as hundreds of aircraft "squeezed" from Western lessors need spare parts.

It was reported by Reuters with reference to its own sources.

The ICAO assembly is currently in session in Montreal, Canada. Russia has sent a request to aviation industry leaders to ease sanctions. Moscow wants access to spare parts, arguing that this is for flight safety.

The documents that russia presented to the ICAO assembly state that moscow called the sanctions "discriminatory and coercive" measures that contradict global rules.

After the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, russia has been hit with numerous sanctions. Some of them have blocked russian airlines from accessing foreign-made aircraft and spare parts. These are mainly Boeing and Airbus.

Russia is trying to circumvent sanctions by obtaining spare parts for more than 700 aircraft that russian airlines have "squeezed" from Western lessors with the kremlin's approval. Although illegal schemes allow for the receipt of components, this volume is not enough to fully service all aircraft.

An unnamed source told Reuters that not all spare parts manufactured by Boeing and Airbus can be obtained through "gray schemes". Because of this, most of the Western airliners will have to be taken out of service in the near future.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, in July this year, russia admitted that for three years the russian aviation industry has not been able to "import-substitute" bearings for aircraft that were previously simply purchased from Western countries.

Recall, in March, Radio Liberty wrote, citing experts, that in a year, russian airlines will be forced to abandon the use of dozens of aircraft, as their flight service life is ending.

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