Originally Posted by
ex-EGLL
Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
Canada has also just announced an airspace ban for Russian aircraft
Would that include the Ocean, or is that "ICAO protected"?
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News release February 27, 2022 Ottawa"
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"The Government of Canada is prohibiting the operation of Russian-owned, chartered or operated aircraft in Canadian airspace, including in the airspace above Canada’s territorial waters."
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Previously in articles about airspace closures, there were comments about exceptions to be made for diplomatic missions and the like. What I am reading presently makes no mention of exceptions.
Closing airspace in peace time is one thing. Enforcing closure during a war where Russia is the aggressor is something else again. Someone lay out for me the probable sequence of escalations in the event of an intrusion ...
Now then, financial sanctions bear the prospect of being a different matter altogether:
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Russia central bank urges calm amid cash run fears
By Dearbail Jordan
BBC News 2022.02.27
Russia's central bank said that customers of sanctioned banks would be unable to use their bank cards outside Russia. It also said it will be "impossible" to use cards issued by sanctioned banks for Google Pay or Apple Pay.
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"банковская карта отклонена !"