Evgeny Solodilin, former Red Wings CEO, is moving to acquire Volga‑Dnepr Group via Evraz Avia Service (EAC Group), taking control of carriers Volga‑Dnepr, AirBridgeCargo and Atran and the group's MRO units. The deal follows the owners' recent offer to hand the cargo specialist to the state, which was rejected.
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The transaction transfers control of Volga‑Dnepr, AirBridgeCargo, Atran and the group's MRO businesses to Evraz Avia Service, directly affecting continuity of Russia's heavy‑lift and oversized cargo capability: see reporting on the group's strategic role and nationalization risk (https://hype.aero/?story=a39937e0-b4cd-473a-be98-24fcc9de34e2).
This deal follows—and effectively supersedes—the owners' recent offer to hand the business to the state, which was rejected, removing one immediate avenue of ownership resolution (https://hype.aero/?story=ab184e56-7355-4516-a028-cbcda5e2542f).
It reduces near‑term uncertainty over control of Russian cargo assets and their international operations amid sanctions and asset‑recovery activity; see related coverage of stranded aircraft sales and sanction impacts (https://hype.aero/?story=41caf432-12e8-46d6-92d1-fcf547641447).
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