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  Could that be a potential place for him to shack up after crap really hits the fan in Russia?
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. >
  
  
  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. >
  
  There's a reason it was bankrupt. >
  
  Viktor Kharitonin was not sanctioned and the airport itself was bankrupted. >
  
  He has links to Russia's Deputy PM.
  I think the question is, why isn't he sanctioned? >
  
  Both the US and EU track him as being of Putin's circle but they only see him as a low-tier associate. One may as well sanction random rich people from Russia but neither the US nor the EU have done that yet. >
  
  Should sanction everyone from Russia. >
  
  The Germans must love this guy.In 2016 they sold him a famous race track  (379-hectare property) for $88 million >
  
  Bruh sholz lacking big time, dude def has his hand in putins back pocket. >
  
  I don't like him either, but this particular issue appears to be a nothing-burger. >
  
  As a German, how the fuck is that possible. Like, is there nobody who sort of keeps an eye on things?? I realize that it’s not an important airport and the guy is not super close to Putin but, WTF >
  
  
  That oligarch isn't sanctioned.
  The airport isn't considered critical infrastructure (by a long shot) >
  
  Well that sounds like a national security issue. Germany should confiscate the airport and ensure that it is owned by either a German company, or at least one run by it's allies. >
  
  They probably don't want it. It was losing money and went bankrupt.
  I imagine that environmental contamination makes it unusable for any other purposes, too. >
  
  I’m sure a Russian Oligarch is going to take great care of Germany’s environment. /s >
  
  While this in itself is not something to be concerned it will probably have shady activity.
  Nothing that Germany wouldn't know tho >
  
  Well, yeah, we need to know about it to be able to get our cut and facilitate it. >
  
  Those sanctions are working really well. >
  
  While Scholz sucks his cock >
  
  The Germans seem to be the slowest learners in some areas