This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot)
> Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, is poised to resume regular scheduled flights to Kazakhstan, despite a substantial chunk of its fleet being at the heart of legal action from plane-leasing firms seeking the return of their aircraft.
> An official in Kazakhstan's government has told Eurasianet that only aircraft previously purchased outright by Aeroflot from foreign leasing companies will be permitted to service those flights.
> At present, Aeroflot subsidiary Rossiya Airlines is the only Russian-owned carrier to offer direct flights to Kazakhstan.
EphraimJenkins t1_j6p63h9 wrote
Kazakhstan should confiscate every Russian plane that lands in their territory.