State concern "Ukroboronprom" called "unreliable" and "custom" mass media reports about the purchase of Russian engines for Ukrainian BTR-70 and asked the SBU to conduct the proceedings of execution of the contract.
"The information spread in the media in relation to the circumstances of execution of the contract on production and delivery of engines for BTR-70 for the needs of Ministry of defense of Ukraine, concluded between SE "Ukrinmash" and the firm Rion Assets Co. LTD, is incomplete and unreliable. She was biased and aimed at discrediting the Russian defense industrial complex ", - stated in circulation on the Internet representation of the organization.



"in order to objectively inform the public about the presence or absence of irregularities in the execution of the contract, the management of the state concern "Ukroboronprom" refers to the President of Ukraine With a request to instruct the security Service of Ukraine to conduct a comprehensive review of the conditions of performance of this contract, With the involvement of commissioners of public anti-corruption organizations of Ukraine ", - told in the organization. According to Ukrainian media, the Ukrainian military used the services of the organization " Ukrinmash ", which got the track for military vehicles and Russian-built engines for armored personnel carriers of the Soviet production of the BTR-70 through the British firm Rion Assets Company LTD. The television channel managed to find out that the purchase of spare parts for armored vehicles was carried out at inflated prices. So, for the purchase of twenty engines of the Russian production of "Ukrinmash" spent 160 thousand Dollars to 8 thousand Per unit, whereas the average cost of this product is only 3 thousand Dollars. So, profit from the corruption scheme could reach 167%.

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