Top-tier Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich will likely have to find another way to get around the planet after a U.S. federal judge signed a warrant clearing the way for the Department of Justice to seize his pair of U.S.-built jets—a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER. The action stems from sanctions imposed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February that have expanded to include "export, reexport, or in-country transfer of, among other things, aircraft and aircraft parts ... to or within Russia without a license," according to an affidavit by FBI agent Alan Fowler filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
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