November 7, 2007 By Robert Amsterdam

Lufthansa Cornered by Russia

lufthansa1107.jpgHow much damage to Berlin and Moscow’s privileged relationship has been caused by Russia’s bullying of German airline Lufthansa? Last week we initially reported on the air cargo scandal, publishing a translation from the German press about how the Russians muscled the German airline into relocating their Asian cargo hub from Kazakhstan to Siberia by banning flyover permission. Now we are beginning to see some political fallout, and it looks like Moscow may have overplayed its hand.

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