After the Boeing planes flown by Russia's first low-cost airline, Dobrolyot, were grounded by EU sanctions in July, Russian officials have revived their efforts to stimulate production of Russian civilian airliners.
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Dobrolyot's plane-leasing agreement with an Irish company was derailed when it was sanctioned for flying to Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in March. The move highlights the vulnerability of Russia's airlines: 90 percent of places flown by Russian airlines are Boeings and Airbuses leased from the West. Most of the major carriers fly to Crimea.
