Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro may replace his confiscated plane with a Russian Il-96, suggested businessman and former owner of the largest file-sharing site Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, on social media X.
“This won’t hurt Maduro much. He can simply purchase a Russian presidential Il-96 plane, which is clearly a better option. The US has done him a favor,” Dotcom wrote.
As reported by CNN on Monday, US authorities seized President Maduro’s plane and transported it to Florida, believing that its purchase had bypassed sanctions.
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Later, the US Department of the Treasury stated that the grounds for such actions were violations of American sanctions and export control legislation. Now, Washington intends to pursue the plane’s confiscation.
