RUSSIAN AIRPORT HOLDING BASEL-AERO MAY SELL AIRPORTS’ ASSETS DUE TO SANCTIONS

RUSSIAN airport holding and cooperating company Basel-Aero, which is owned by the Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska may sell some of its airport assets, government officials have told Jane’s Airport Review. The spark for the sales is likely to be financial problems caused by the recent inclusion of Deripaska in a new USA sanctions list of Russian companies and plutocrats the US, said senior officials at the Russian ministry of transport and air industry analysts.  According to the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), the first Basel airport expected ...


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