Rifles, pistols and cartridges: how the Russian Federation imports weapons from the Czech Republic - investigation (photo)

This is stated in the material of the Investigace portal. The authors of the investigation pointed out that in the fall of the Moscow department store "Guest Dvor" the Moscow department store took place in the exhibition halls of the Moscow Diver, the annual Orelekpo armed fair, which, according to the organizers, had to demonstrate the ability of the Russian Federation to import arms.

However, according to journalists, in the photos in the West, you can see the weapons of Western manufacturers, including the Italian company Beretta, Finnish Sako and Tikka, German Blaser and dozens of others. The Czech Company logo česká zbrojovka was even present on the fair advertising materials. It is reported that the organizer of the fair - the Russian businessman of Georgian origin, Mikhail Chubuti, imported to Russia.

According to Russian import accounting, it is its network of stores "Kolchuga", which had its own stand on the fair, is one of the small importers of weapons of the brand česká zbrojovka. In addition, the investigation states that the import of Czech products also involved the trade network "Alliance", which in 2023 only brought to the Russian Federation about two thousand hunting rifles česká zbrojovka. Czech brands are still available in the Alliance online store.

"Over the years of work, our company has won the trust of Russian shooters, hunters and lovers of Czech weapons, has become an exemplary example of cooperation between two spiritually close national cultures and made a significant contribution to their strengthening and development," - reads on the site. The authors of the investigation managed to reveal one of the possible routes that part of the production of česká zbrojovka gets to Russia.

Thus, according to the Importgenius database, a supplier of hunting rifles that enter the Alliance's business network is a partner of česká zbrojovka in Turkey Huglu. Journalists also pointed out that Huglu, like a number of other Turkish brands, was presented at the Russian Orelekpo Fair. On its stand, the company presented new machine guns created in cooperation with česká zbrojovka.

When asked if Huglu has permission to export Czech weapons to Russia, the česká zbrojovka manager of external relations Radek Gowerland stated that since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine the company did not export weapons in the Russian Federation and did not give anyone from its partners on its partners It's consent.