In the Russian Federation, the demand for protection against attacks of Ukrainian drones has increased 4 times - Bloomberg

At the same time, from February 24, 2024, the Russian Federation managed to double the production of such equipment in its country. This is stated in Bloomberg. "Increasing the attacks of Ukrainian drones forces Russian companies to look for ways to protect their own factories and factories instead of relying on the military, which gives unexpected impetus to radar manufacturers and military equipment.

Tender data show that the demand for private systems for reflection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) Over the past year, it has grown four times. The information agency specified that Russian refineries were most affected, as Ukraine is trying to reduce the supply of fuel for the Kremlin's armed forces and reduce the flow of oil dollar to the Russian treasury.

"Russia will probably be able to make its refineries and other high -cost facilities less vulnerable to drones over the next quarters," said Russian economist Alex Isakov with Bloomberg Economics. He added that much of the increase in volumes occurred during the period of relatively soft use of trade sanctions, including the transfer of electronic components.

According to Bloomberg, Russia has discussed the deployment of defense systems of military level at oil refineries, but nothing has been announced in public, although officials have stated that they were working with representatives of this industry on the protection of military facilities. "Since the war is increasingly spreading to Russia, private companies are heating the demand for special electronic fighting systems.

According to one of the local e -procurement platforms TenderPro, which are used by more . The CEO of the local UMIRS radar manufacturer Andriy Klyuyev at a conference on UAV control technologies in Moscow stated that the war has led to an "explosive growth" of the market for radio electronic struggle, and production has not yet been in demand.

"Production of radars and equipment for remote radio management - a statistical category in which the systems of counteraction to drones - starts a year with a powerful pulse. growth, " - writes Bloomberg. In particular, these remedies have prevented the attack on the Slavneft plant in Yaroslavl - the sixth largest oil refinery in Russia, which purchased its protective systems from the subsidiary of the State Corporation "Rostekh".

At the same time, the Novosakhtyn Oil Refinery was attacked by drones that were knocked down by radio electronic fighting systems, which led to the fall of debris into the plant. And the Sizran and Novokubyshevsky Refinery, according to tender data analyzed by Bloomberg, purchased systems of counteraction to UAVs in late 2022 - early 2023. "Bloomberg calculations made on the basis of available public procurement portals, state -owned companies and government agencies spent at least 1.

7 billion rubles ($ 18. 4 million) last year. Communal and energy infrastructure, including a nuclear power plant, located 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the border with Ukraine, ”the article reads. Bloomberg said that it was almost impossible to estimate how much Russian corporations have been spent on open data, since procurement announcements are published on different platforms, and Russian authorities allow companies under international sanctions, classify data about their purchases.

"According to TenderPro, the largest one -time purchase of drones for combating drones amounted to 45 million rubles, while 36% of companies buy expensive stationary and mobile systems worth more than 1 million rubles ($ 10 845). physical barriers, strengthening existing structures and insurance from damage, " - wrote the publication. According to the commercial director of the Moscow Platform TenderPro Elena Astafieva, interest in insurance from damaging drones in Russia has tripled.

"In addition to expensive electronics, companies were also forced to invest in the construction of physical barriers, strengthening existing structures and insurance against damage," Bloomberg said. We will remind, on April 2 the attack of drones on military objects of the Russian Federation in Tatarstan took place. Then the explosions were heard on the site where the Shakhad drones were produced, as well as at the oil refining complex.