The Russian Federation receives components of "daggers" with the EU, and the family of the main rocket launcher lives in Sweden - investigation
The family of the Director of the Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, which produces these winged missiles, settled in Europe. The Russian edition of The Insider published the results of its investigation. According to journalists, during the full -scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the release of "daggers" - supersonic missiles on the basis of "Iskander", which is more difficult to knock down, as its developers claim.
The cost of one dagger rocket is $ 10 million (or 50,000 Russian pensions of the average Russian). The Corporation "Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering", which produces "Iskanders" and "daggers", is managed by 64-year-old Sergey Pitikov. According to the authors of the publication, it receives more than 30 million rubles a year, for comparison: salaries of ordinary employees are ten times smaller.
The authors of the journalistic investigation found that the daughter and grandchildren of the head of the chief Russian manufacturer of missiles live in Sweden. In 2021, Maya Pitikova bought a house in the city near Malme worth about 500,000 euros. The Swedish public registers indicate that the total annual income of the daughter and son -in -law of Sergei Pitkov - 80 thousand euros per year. Without additional investments, they could not afford a house for half a million euro.
In 2022, Maya also bought a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus car at a price that can be compared to the declared annual income. In a comment to reporters, she said that "the Putin regime is leading a criminal, bloody, senseless war," but without details. According to her, she is not ready to speak, because the conversation as such "directed against her father. " Earlier it was known that the western companies of Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and Altera are used in the dagger missiles.
It has now been revealed that the Moscow LLC "ETS Electrons" imports these chips with the help of Chinese company ETC Electronics Limited, which is not yet under sanctions. The components of "daggers" are also supplied from Europe. On the Russian site, public procurement reports that the KBM NEC and cold chambers of the production "ESPEC" is supplied by the Moscow LLC "Ostek-Test".
According to Importgenius, the firm imports ESPEC equipment from Poland, and local authorities are already investigating the activities of the Intertrans Sp. Z O. O. From the city of Sedlce. According to investigators, relatively many parcels come from Germany. Among other things, the lathe was put by KB-Ror LLC-a partner of the German company Keb. In particular, this company produces cables. Sandvik manufacturers-LLC "World of Machine", receives from the Berlin IR-LOGISTIK GmbH.
The developer of chips for "daggers" is the Research Institute of Electronic Devices, which is included in "Rostech". The contractor of JSC "Radiant-Ek" supplied integrated circuits, incl. and directly NEC "KBM". Radiant-Ek imports coils and e-components from Germany through Advantek GmbH. Some other EU countries are also relevant to the Russian Federation. Russian MIC counterparties are in Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium and the United Kingdom.