Ex-Aeroflot-Vize: “I am once morest this war”
According to a report in the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”, the former deputy chief of the Russian airline Aeroflot, Andrei Panov, has for the first time commented on why he quit his job at the airline and left Russia. “I am once morest this war,” quoted the “Zeit” Panow according to a preliminary report on Wednesday. “Everyone should be allowed to protest peacefully,” Panow said.
“I want the right to say that I am once morest the war. For me, for my children,” Panow said, according to the report. “As an opponent of the war, I can no longer work for a company that is owned by the state. There wasn’t much to think regarding.”
Panow has been on the Aeroflot Executive Board since 2018, responsible for strategy, service and marketing. On March 12, he wrote on Facebook: “I left Russia. I left Aeroflot. The old life is over.”
As the “Zeit” further reported, Panow now said he had “no idea what my new life will look like, I don’t even know what the next few days will bring.”
Aeroflot is the largest Russian airline and is 57.3 percent owned by the Russian state. Aeroflot CEO Mikhail Poluboyarinov is on the European Union’s list of punitive measures imposed over Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
After the attack, numerous Western countries, including the EU and the USA, closed their airspace to Russian aircraft. Aeroflot suspended all international flights in early March due to western sanctions. (AFP) -Vice:
