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Moscow court rules to nationalize Domodedovo Airport
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Posted on June 17, 2025
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2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
A Moscow court has ordered the nationalization of Domodedovo Airport assets, citing risks of foreign influence due to its ownership structure.
(Reuters) -A Moscow court ruled on Tuesday to hand over the assets of the country's third-largest airport, Moscow's Domodedovo, to the Russian state at the Prosecutor General's request, court filings showed.
Domodedovo's assets were owned by Russian businessman Dmitry Kamenshchik or his companies. Kamenshchik also had citizenship of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, according to Russian media, and according to the court documents prosecutors believed the ownership structure could expose the airport, an entity of strategic importance, to the risk of foreign influence.
Domodedovo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Domodedovo case is the latest in a series of asset seizures initiated by prosecutors. Earlier this year, the court ordered the transfer of several major companies to state ownership, including grain trader Rodnie Polya, warehouse operator Raven Russia, and oil service firm Borets.
Moscow started seizing assets in Russia, both from foreign and Russian owners soon after the start of the conflict in Ukraine and had already transferred property worth 2.4 trillion roubles ($30.48 billion) to the state, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said in March.
($1 = 78.7455 roubles)
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov. Editing by Alexander Marrow and David Evans)
The Moscow court ruled to nationalize the assets of Domodedovo Airport, transferring them to the Russian state at the request of the Prosecutor General.
The assets of Domodedovo Airport were owned by Russian businessman Dmitry Kamenshchik and his companies.
The series of asset seizures in Russia began shortly after the conflict in Ukraine, leading to the transfer of properties worth approximately 2.4 trillion roubles.
Moscow has been seizing assets from both foreign and Russian owners since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, indicating a broader trend of state appropriation.
Domodedovo Airport did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the court's ruling.
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