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  Russian oligarch owning key German infrastructure 
  
  Oh Cheeseus, this is not Frankfurt international airport (FRA) but some small airport 110km to the west used for holiday charter flights. 
  Key infrastructure my ass.
context: To everybody not in the know, this is not their biggest country airport, it is one smaller one in Hahn. I flew there in mid 2010s and I was wondering why it is called Frankfurt-Hahn and not just Hahn airport. >
  
  You are right cause I flew with Ryanair to that airport lmao.
  Ty for this info. Very interesting. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 48%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  Russian oligarch Viktor Kharitonin has bought the insolvent Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, located in the southwestern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, for 20 million euros, the DPA agency reported.
  The company NR Holding, owned by Kharitonin, has become the airport's largest shareholder after reaching a sale agreement with the German state of Hesse, which still holds a 17.5 percent stake.
  Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, declared bankrupt in the fall, is located between Frankfurty Luxembourg, was a former U.S. military airport that has no rail connection and serves mainly low-cost carriers flying mainly to European destinations.
  
  
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  Muss man nicht verstehen? - your SPD >
  
  
  Könnte man
  
  SPD >
  
  Verstehe jetzt nicht so ganz, was die SPD dagegen machen soll, wenn ein nicht als kritisch eingestufter Flughafen von einem nicht sanktionierten Oligarchen gekauft wird, und maßgeblich das Land Hessen (als Hauptanteileigentümer des Flughafens selbst und der beteiligten Fraport) diesen Verkauf begleitet hat?
  Handelssperren aus der Luft zaubern, nur damit das Verwaltungsgericht mal was zu tun hat? >
  
  Why not sell them the Bundestag? >
  
  Are you talking about the building or the people inside it? >
  
  The building. The people inside have already been bought >
  
  Its a small and bankrupt airfield in bumfuck nowhere without any real importance. >
  
  It should be called "Frankfurt"-Hahn Airport in quotes,  because it is nowhere near Frankfurt. It's 90 minutes away on a good day. >
  
  I found this out the hard way… once went to the wrong airport for a flight home. Was meant to be at Hahn, ended up at main. Even with 90 mins to spare the guys on the desk basically told me no chance I’d make the flight >
  
  Your main mistake was to fly Ryanair, Wizz, or whatever low-coster that has the audacity to call this airport "Frankfurt". >
  
  Student monies at the time… got 4 flights for about £50 doing some interrailing… the missed flight meant I missed a stag doo in Edinburgh but also meant that I just got on a train I had paid for already and met up with my mates in Berlin instead so not a bad consolation at least. Felt like a right prat but was thankful I still had a bit of GCSE German in the locker to figure out what to do! >
  
  Mindblowing.