Hello Ward,
There's Ukrainian aviation news available in the AVIATION echo
All aircraft have been grounded. The ghost of Kyiv rules the air.
* Britain banning all Russian air traffic from its airspace, no more flights
into Heathrow and Manchester.
Russia's #1 ranked tennis player in the world will miss Wimbledon.
Putin won't mind, since he does not play tennis and that tennis player
does not like war.
In retaliation Russia has banned all overflight rights for Britain but is
not going to impact operations a lot as current day modern airliners
(meaning not the Russian produced ones) have enough endurance to make the
trip in one go not overflying Russia. A lot of companies were doing that
already.
Getting from Britain to NZ can always be done via the Arctic route
by flying over the North Pole. You do realize the Earth is Flat.
* Poland and Czechia closing its airspace for Russian aviation
Sanctions have also been placed on Belarus. So flying over Russia
would be next to impossible anyway.
* Delta Airlines suspended its codeshare with Aeroflot out of Los Angeles and
New York
It is going to be a long swim for Russians to get back home.
* Aeroflot kicked out of the SkyTean alliance
Why should that matter to anyone?
* Manchester United cancelled its sponsor deal with Aeroflot
Sponsors can be replaced.
* KLM & Air France reducing flights to Moscow to just one (in order not to
lose overflight rights)
Putin is a deeply paranoid individual, and sometimes needs reasurance
from French president Macron.
Further to that the International Olympic Committee urged all associated sports federations to cancel all sports activities on Russian soil.
But not FIFA qualifying matches held in Russia.
Chelsea and Schalke 04 are canceling their Gazprom sponsorship deals.
It is going to take more than that to keep Putin from going off the
rails.
The final of the Champions League is moved from St.Petersgurg to Paris
And yet the president of France is still allowed to travel to Moscow,
on Air France? Putin is playing nice ...
Refusal for the Russian football team to participate in UEFA and FIFA competitions is being discussed
Poland and Sweden are refusing to play their qualifying matches
against Russia. Including a match scheduled to be played in Russia.
To date, FIFA has done nothing to disallow the Russian team from
competing, or from cities in Russia hosting qualifying matches.
Russia excluded from Eurosong ...
Russians who sing songs of protest against the war are being
arrested and sent to gulags.
Silly as some may seem, they are important stingers and a message which will
be noticed by the ordinary Russians burdened with a shitload of propagande
State-owned media informs Russians what Putin wants them to know.
With no free press, ordinary Russians are unable to know what is truly
going on in the world. Even social media is controlled, or limited.
And yet, many Russians do find out what is happening. And are being
arrested and jailed. Some being sent to faraway places, never to be
seen or heard from again.
Russia has become the largest rogue state in the world ever due to its leadership, not the citizenry.
Russia is moving towards being a full-fledged dictatorship. If it
has not reached that point already. The people of Russia are victims,
and can do nothing to change this.
For two days now I've been unable to wrap my mind around this ...
Poland and Sweden refusing to play Russia in FIFA playoff qualifiers.
And to think FIFA is allowing such qualifying matches to even be held
in Russia.
With the main event coming up this November, maybe FIFA should just
invite Russia by default. And then Russia will claim victory as no
other country's team will take the field to play.
--Lee
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