Gold for UAV: What did the Russian Federation pay with Iran for the drones that Ukraine attacks - the media
The material states that at the beginning of February 2024, a group of Prana Network hackers published thousands of internal emails and documents of Iranian company Sahara Thunder, which is related to the Iran Ministry of Defense. The publication received documents from which it follows that Russia paid for drones with gold. Yes, one payment was 1. 78 tons of gold ingots worth $ 104. 3 million, the other - 2 tons of gold.
Moreover, in November 2022, the Russian Federation paid Iranian $ 145 million in cash, and partly in the video of modern Western missiles and air defense. According to journalists, experts estimate the value of UAVs in the amount of $ 20 to $ 50 thousand. However, the Russian Federation pays much more. At first, Tehran demanded $ 375,000 for one drone, but eventually agreed to $ 193,000. Moscow ordered 6000 UAVs. The total order amount was $ 1. 2 billion.
The publication writes that the Russian Federation and Iran built a line for the assembly of UAVs in the special economic zone "Alabuga", located in Tatarstan. The manager of JSC "OEZ PPT" Alabuga "belongs to the Ministry of Land and Property Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan. The plant is located near the Kama River, which flows into the Volga. This makes it possible to deliver accessories for drones on ships directly from Iran through the Caspian Sea.
It is reported that in the same zone there are plants from the production of carbon fiber and fiberglass. Both materials are important in the production of ShahED drones. In Russia, problems with a recruitment. Some candidates have decided not to come to the area. We will remind, in the NAPC reported that the Russian Federation and Iran are used in black ShahED-136 Western components. The base of foreign components found in Russian weapons contains almost 3 thousand elements.