Russian aircraft taken off Manx register

The government says aircraft belonging to three Russian oligarchs have been taken off the Island's register.

Forbes magazine claimed three of 16 billionaires who have been made the subject of international sanctions had planes and helicopters on the Manx register.

The three - Alisher Usmanov, Alexey Mordashove and Oleg Deripaska - were all said to have aircraft with M registrations.

However, the government's revealed all were taken off the Island's aircraft register when the sanctions were first announced.