In this case, the Blues in question are English soccer club Chelsea Football Club, owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. He purchased the club back in 2003 for under $200M. He is buddies with Putin.
Current valuation: a few billion
Per the article, it is suggested that Abramovich will donate proceeds from the sale to victims in Ukraine. Hmm? Russians or Ukrainians? Would the latter even accept his gesture?
https://sports.yahoo.com/russian-oligarch-roman-abramovich-r…
Made me think of this Aeroflot aircraft:
https://simpleflying.com/manchester-united-cuts-ties-with-ae…
Russian money good.
No?
Russian money bad.
Made me think of this Aeroflot aircraft:
I saw a report that about 70% of the Russian passenger fleet is EU or North American built, and spare parts are embargoed. Aeroflot isn’t going to have a lot to fly if this keeps up for a few months.
Steve
I saw a report that about 70% of the Russian passenger fleet is EU or North American built, and spare parts are embargoed. Aeroflot isn’t going to have a lot to fly if this keeps up for a few months
I noticed the Aeroflot in Manchester livery on one of the flight tracker site, flightradar24. The large military planes such as tankers, cargo, ELINT, drones (e.g. KC-135/-10/A330-MRTT, C-17, RC-135, or RQ-4*) have their transponders turned on. So it was a way to spend some time in the lead up to the war as well as after it started.
There are fewer planes flying over northeastern Europe now. And fewer stopping in any the countries along the way, which can’t be helping the local economies**.
Perhaps the view of the stars is better.
*https://www.flightradar24.com/FORTE10/2afe81cf
**https://finance.yahoo.com/news/poland-sell-foreign-currency-…