Having had an aeroplane damaged to the tune of over £47K by some eastern bloc-operated Illyushin under a charter, we tried to claim against them. But the layers of companies within companies we came across was unbelievable. The old commie rust-bucket was registered in one country, insured (hah!) in Russia, operated by a freight company in another country who had the contract placed with them by a cheapo broker employed by the charterer.......
It's all to save cash. Rather than charter from reputable companies, the bean counters find some vodka-fuelled outfit flying clapped-out ex-soviet air force tramp steamers and keep their fingers crossed that nothing will go wrong.