INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
nearly $2 billion worth of aircraft parts exported to Russia in 2023, the Gabonese-registered company Ter Assala Parts accounted for $1.48
Thailand, with more than $200 million worth of exported parts, and the United Arab Emirates, with more than $160 million.An unnamed citizen
official trade registry.According to an import business owner with knowledge of registration procedures who spoke to MT Russian on condition
of anonymity, Ter Assala Parts is likely a front company registered in another country that does business via Gabon.Economist Igor Lipsitz
administration is apparently covering it up
the same month when military officers launched a coup against ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba and fellout of favor with Western governments
Russia, which has sought closer ties with the global south amid its war against Ukraine, has a fleet of oil tankers sailing under Gabonese
sanctions last month.In addition to oxygen masks, used computers, ground collision warning and fuel level measurement systems, the exported
goods from Gabon to Russia included 15 U.S.-made used engines for Boeing-737 and Airbus A320/A321 aircraft valued at more than $58
Russian airlines in violation of export laws.None of the listed owners of the Russian firms that bought goods from Ter Assala Parts appear
to have any connection to the aviation sector, MT Russian reported.Among the importers was the company Protektor, whose ex-owner, Yekaterina
Provotorova, appears to be the wife of Pavel Provotorov, the former head of the global parts supplier Eftec Aero Limited and former co-owner
sanctions and the economic fallout from the invasion of Ukraine, which entered its third year in late February.Aviation expert Ilya Shatilin
