In the Russian Federation, the production of ShahED is covered by "motor boats" and "civilian UAVs" - an investigation
The published report presents a complete analysis of components of shock UAVs, foreign components to them and the ways of supply in the Russian Federation. The report presented the Media Border 91. The authors of the investigation, among other things, spoke in detail about the production of drones in the Russian Federation, which is involved in local businesses such as Albatros, Aviatestaro and SuperCam.
On January 5, 2023, the Iranian delegation visited the special economic zone "Alabuga" in the territory of Russian Tatarstan, near the city of Elabuga. In June, the US intelligence published data that the Russian drones plant will be built here.
Journalists found out that a few days after the visit of Iranians to the Russian Federation, the site of the VEZ "Alabuga" published a message about the launch of two projects - from the issue of motor boats and internal combustion engines worth 80 billion rubles (this is the amount of the contract concluded between Iran Posted in the media) and civilian UAVs.
The first project is mentioned in the news as Dolphin Alabuga LLC (there are no companies with this name in the Russian registers), the second project is Albatros LLC, a drone manufacturer. The authors of the investigation suggest that the Russians could call drones "boats" so as not to disclose information. Projects for the production of boats and civilian UAVs probably meant the production of Iranian drones and a plant for the release of engines to them.