Blacklisted Russian Plane Lands in S. Africa, Rapport Says

According to the harmony of Johannesburg, a Russian cargo plane on the blacklist landed on Thursday with a heavy load on South Africa and left with an empty waiting later.

The plane referred to the data from Flightradar24, and flew to the upshand of the narrow Es Salaam in Tanzania in the northern Cape state of South Africa in Tanzania before making fuel supply at Lurseria Airport outside Johannesburg. The plane was in Iran before flying to South Africa.

Rapport said the US had placed the plane and operator Abakan Air on a black list last year because he participated in the transportation of Russian military equipment. The website of the US Treasury Foreign Assets Control shows that Russia is approved by Abakan Air.

The flight comes three years after being placed on a naval base near Cape Town, making a diplomatic row spark between Pretoria and Washington. The former US Ambassador to South Africa claimed that weapons were loaded on the ship. Fallout endangered African country’s largest economy on the world’s largest economy, and Rand has made a record level against the dollar.

A judicial investigation initiated by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa did not find any evidence to support the US ambassador’s claims.

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the relations between Washington and Pretoria have worsened. After Trump claimed that the government had presided over the genocide of White Africanans farmers, he helped the US with the highest import tariffs in Sub -Sahara Africa and shot the country.

American MPs are also thinking of a bill looking for a complete study of ties between countries, claiming that Pretoria supports US rivals.

Rapport said that although the purpose of his trip to Russian planes to South Africa is unknown, he would have to apply for the permission of a foreign operator from the South African Ministry of Transportation. The website added that it does not answer the questions of the department.

Sözcü Collen Msibi said that the department would respond to a query from Bloomberg on Monday that he could access official documents on Monday.

Rapport said Abakan Air is on a debting list for payment debts for aviation services, including fuel.

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