Canadian Government Officially Orders Seizure Of Russian-Registered Antonov An-124 At Toronto Pearson Airport

That airplane has Ukraine for $1 written all over it (IF they want it)

The worst part of this was having to click a msn.com link.

I miss the 124s flying over my house when they take off from IAD they have a great sound.

Radio Sputnik? Does it just beep all day and run out of batteries every three weeks?

Good... Use it to fly AMMO and supplies to help UKRAINE... Consider it partial payment for destroying MYRIA AN 225

Excellent.

Great News...

I don't think it's particularly good news because it makes eventual peace and reconciliation with Russia in the future more difficult. But, in terms of the commercial ledger, the number of aircraft confiscated by Russia and the damage being done to them means that nothing the West does to the few Russian aircraft they've got will ever come close to equaling what Russia will owe the West.

This is theft.

It's very interesting reading comments from Russia apologists, people with situational ethics and morals.

to tell you the truth I don't think Russia could care less

Melt it down and turn it into cans of Labatt's!

russian bots are here already? Go kiss putler's behind! That's what you are good at :)))

Regardless of which side of the war you're on, with Canada not being an actual belligerent in the war, this is theft of foreign property. Especially since they were bringing Covid supplies to Canada when it landed. Holding it until the conflict stops is acceptable but outright taking it and giving it to the opposing belligerent is just plain wrong. God help Canada if one of its international flights has to divert to any Russian airfield like the recent Air India jet bound for San Fran did. Russia might just decide the passengers need to be "seized" also. This would be a very bad precedent.

The Canadians are as lawless as the Russians. Just another totalitarian regime.

That particular aircraft was contracted by the Canadian government to bring in Covid supplies. When Canada announced the sanctions, they told the operator because they were under contract they were exempt and make the flight to Toranto.

Upon landing they detained the aircraft and interned the crew.

Now they are seizing it.

The difference between military and civilian seems to be lost in Canada.

Does that mean Canadian citizens can be detained and assets seized around the world because of the government's politics?

Russian Foreign Ministry: Russia will respond to confiscation of An-124 100 percent. Wait for it…

The launch of the confiscation procedure, citing Canada’s domestic sanctions laws, of an An-124 aircraft of the Russian airline Volga-Dnepr illegally held at Toronto airport will not go without consequences, an answer will come when the opportunity presents itself, commented Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Earlier, in early June, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine and at a meeting with Zelenskyy, he announced that he would hand over the detained An-124 to Kiev.

“Continuing the “tradition” of its predecessors, who gave asylum in Canada to Nazi accomplices among the hardcore Banderaites, the Trudeau regime, at the behest of the US, is setting up the Ukrainian authorities for a war with Russia until “the last Ukrainian”. This includes promises of military and financial aid, which is not as generous in reality, and promises to reward the zeal with stolen Russian property,” the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman said in a commentary.

The An-124, which was on a humanitarian flight commissioned by the Canadian government to deliver anticoagulation drugs to Toronto, was essentially taken hostage with the far-reaching goal, as it now turns out, of robbing the aircraft and handing it over to the Kiev regime

“The Russian side warns that the practical implementation of this decision will have the most serious consequences for Russian-Canadian relations, already teetering on the brink of rupture through the fault of official Ottawa. Attempts to use local judicial processes to cover up this illegal and shameful action would not give it even the appearance of legitimacy. We reserve the right to retaliate, guided by the principle of reciprocity,” Maria Zakharova said.

On the air of Radio Sputnik, she explained that the plane detained in Toronto did not violate anyone’s airspace, was not carrying contraband, has no financial violations, and its arrest was linked to the start of the SAO.

She recalled that the same thing happened with Russian real estate in New York, Washington – on US soil – where the motivation was the Russian Federation’s pseudo-interference in elections in the United States. “There was nothing to do with the law here. They just took it away, imposed some restrictions on its use and did not even allow all these years to come and conduct an inventory of the condition of these facilities,” the diplomat said.

And Russia will not leave the theft of the An-124 unanswered, she added. “The answer will be – a hundred percent, so that no one doubts. That answer will come. How and when – when it is convenient, when the occasion is right, a decision will be made. You see, we respond to everything,” Maria Zakharova concluded.

https://ruavia.su/russian-foreign-ministry-russia-will-respond-to-confiscation-of-an-124-100-percent-wait-for-it/