The scandal with jackets for the Armed Forces: In Turkey, they can be purchased for $ 38 apiece - the media

The Ministry of Defense could buy a jacket in Turkey for the Armed Forces is much cheaper than it was done, according to journalists. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is trying to serve the purchase of jackets for the Armed Forces in Turkey as something close to market realities, but journalists found that even in retail such jackets in Turkey are cheaper than wholesalers were purchased by Ukraine. About it writes the edition "Our money".

Journalists checked the ads in Turkey and found out that military jackets here cost an average of $ 38 to $ 68, not $ 86, as they were purchased by MO, and that the Ukrainian budget was $ 30 million. From Turkish ler (course - one lyre costs 3. 8 cents). Here is a jacket for $ 67. A jacket and pants are sold for $ 55. There is a similar jacket for $ 39. These are all retail prices in Turkey.

Also, our money journalists found that the jacket received from Turkey is sold on OLX (now sold) at the price of 1000 UAH per jacket, or $ 27. According to "our money", from the whole batch of $ 30 million from Turkey, a 9 million jackets weighed less than 1. 5 kg, which is considered the norm for a winter jacket. Recall that the Defense Ministry purchased 4 900 "camouflage jackets" worth $ 29 each for a total amount - $ 142 thousand 100.