News / Volga-Dnepr's Alexei Isaikin added to UK sanctions list

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The UK government has today added Alexei Isaikin, president and founder of Volga-Dnepr, to its sanctions list.

The government says the Russian airline group has “significant air operations that is contracted by the Russian government to create air bridges that carry critical goods”.

It added that Mr Isaikin was working “as a director (or equivalent) of a company carrying on business in a sector of strategic significance (the transport sector) to the government of Russia, and therefore is or has been involved ...