After the Russian rich yacht is seized, the United States has followed the plane of the Russian private oil company

According to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, the US government is seeking to seize a Boeing 737 aircraft of Russia's Luke Petroleum Corporation. The reason given is that the private company is suspected of violating the US sanctions against the United States.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it had been seized by the aircraft. The aircraft is worth $ 45 million and the tail number is VP-CLR. According to the US Department of Justice, the aircraft "flying into Russia violated the US Department of Commerce's sanctions against Russia."

After Russia launched special military operations on Ukraine in February this year, the United States imposed a series of sanctions against Russia, including prohibited aircraft from making US manufacturing to Russia or Belarus unless the US government permitted.

Russian Luke Petroleum's Boeing 737 Airplane Source: Bloomberg Society

According to the US Department of Justice, it is believed that the plane is currently in Russia. The last time the United States flew into the United States in March 2019. At that time, it was carrying several executives of Luke Petroleum to Houston, including the company before the company. CEO Vagit Alekperov.

According to reports, Russian petroleum tycoon Alek Perov's net assets are estimated to be $ 19.4 billion. After receiving Western sanctions, he resigned from this position in April this year. The company's former strategic vice president and billionaire Leonid Fedun has also resigned recently.

The statement issued by the US Department of Justice on its website also stated that the seizure was coordinated by a special action group against Russia's "oligopoly". Its allies and partners have against Russia's sanctions, export control and economic countermeasures.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FBI) Houston Office, the Industrial and Safety Administration of the Ministry of Commerce, as well as the land security investigation department of the Immigration and Customs Law Enforcement Bureau in Houston is investigating the seizure.

The Wall Street Journal mentioned that earlier August, U.S. officials obtained a search order worth more than $ 90 million of an aircraft with more than $ 90 million of Russian rich man Andrei Skoch.

Bloomberg mentioned that in June of this year, a US side said that the value of $ 325 million in Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was detained by the US authorities in Fiji and eventually a super yacht. The port of the port.

(Edit: ZLQ)

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