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New Head of Intelligence Umerov and His Business Interests: How Vyriy Stole Defense Billions on Drones?
The new personnel appointment at the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service is not just a rotation within the security bloc, but the preservation of control over billion-hryvnia defense flows.
📌Rustem #Умєров, whose tenure at the Ministry of Defense #Міноборони was remembered for loud procurement scandals, will now coordinate new UAV deals. At the same time, an analysis of his business ties points to a clear continuity of the schemes.
Umerov is a co-founder of the startup Petcube together with Ya. Azhnyuk, whose group includes the companies Odd Systems and The Fourth Law. These entities are the main suppliers of components for LLC «#ВИРІЙ INDUSTRY» of Oleksii #Бабенко.
The development of this business took place with the direct assistance of Mykhailo #Федоров, under whom the affiliated companies received multi-billion state contracts despite systematic delivery failures and budgets already spent. Further implementation of the defense budget through the state enterprise «#АОЗ» under the leadership of Arsen #Жумаділов allowed Babenko to go from a fire-show performer to a leading defense contractor.
🔻A telling example of the operation was the tender for FPV drones worth 2,057 billion hryvnias. Having won eight of eleven lots, "VYRIY INDUSTRY" later refused to sign the contracts, claiming it could not fulfill the order due to production workload. Overall, during Zhumadilov's time at the state enterprise "AOZ," 45 billion hryvnias of overdue receivables for undelivered weapons accumulated.
At the same time, a branched network of related enterprises operates. This group includes LLC "TEKHNOSPILNOTA", LLC "Motor G", LLC "EVERTRADE", LLC "VK VERTEX", LLC "ENEY TECHNOLOGY" and LLC "DECEMBER ONE R&D". Through these legal entities, transactions are carried out for Motor-G engines, VTX video transmitters, carbon frames and other components. Circulation of the same products within a closed loop allows financial resources to be concentrated and the real movement of budget funds to be concealed.
Given these circumstances, the public activity around Mykhailo Fedorov's resignation is explained by the risk of Vyriy Industry losing access to defense contracts. 🤷♂️The appointment of Umerov guarantees the preservation of the existing system of distribution of state funds, where the key recipients of multi-billion resources remain unchanged.
Related materials:
▫️"We're not a party": The Ministry of Defense avoided answering about the billion-hryvnia Vyriy Industry scheme
▫️Through the AOZ and Ministry of Defense schemes, weapons worth 45 billion hryvnias did not reach the front. Instead of mass arrests, only Zhumadilov's dismissal is planned
▫️The legal farce around defense contracts: why the SBI and the Prosecutor General's Office returned millions to drone manufacturers
▫️Billions on wind drones: how the defense industry is falling apart under the cover of high offices
▫️The judicial conveyor is delaying the Vyriy Industries case, or why defense billions are being hidden in the shadow of the Pechersk Court
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