The Russian oligarchy finds itself paying the price for Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered sanctions from the international community against Kremlin-tied billionaires and financial institutions left and right. And sadly for those oligarchs, Putin doesn’t seem particularly interested in their plight.
Effectively, they already have. Any of those jets that are in Europe are effectively grounded, and the U.S will come for any here, as well.
And wait until you hear what’s going to happen to Russia’s commercial carriers. In, say, six to perhaps eight weeks, nothing will be flying in Russia except military jets. No support. No parts. No where to fly. Fully half their commercial fleet is owned by companies that lease them the aircraft… under the contracts, they have to return those jets by the end of March. (Violating the terms of those leases would have a long-term impact… even after the current difficulties are resolved, if they ever are.)