politics
Suppliers for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Rosgvardia Arrested in Fraud Case: "Radon" Radios Assembled from Foreign Components
The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has arrested Vitaly Kozlov, the general director of the St. Petersburg-based company "Profi-svyaz", and Alexey Baranov, the head of a related company, "Astra-com", in a fraud case. According to "Kommersant", investigators believe that "Radon" radios supplied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs under a 2020 contract were assembled from foreign components, despite the technical specification requiring the use of Russian parts.
TL;DR
- Vitaly Kozlov of "Profi-svyaz" and Alexey Baranov of "Astra-com" were arrested for fraud.
- The accusation is that "Radon" radios supplied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2020 used foreign components, violating contract requirements for Russian parts.
- Kozlov and Baranov denied the charges, stating the contract was fulfilled and no quality complaints were made.
- "Astra-com" reportedly received radio components from Chinese companies in 2023.
- The court sent both men to pre-trial detention, rejecting defense requests for house arrest.
- Their involvement in other state contract violations is under investigation, including a past contract with Rosgvardia that was terminated.