From furniture to rockets X-55: the Substantive Plant in the Russian Federation works for full-investigators (photo)
Osint-agency investigators have understood as an enterprise under international sanctions can produce weapons, and not only. It turned out that the Smolensk Aviation Plant (Smaz) was not neglected. The assortment of its products accounts for not only killer missiles X-55 and X-59, bees drone and planes for training Russian pilots, but also complex picnics furniture, fishing chairs for fishermen, "souvenir icons".
Analysts were looking for an answer and found that the Russian airline has a subsidiary in Prague. "In 2010, Smaz, in conjunction with Prague Avia aircraft manufacturer, created a company in the Czech Republic - Consul Group of Companies S. R. O. The defense-industrial base of the Russian Federation and manufactures weapons, then such sanctions were not imposed on the Czech branch, "-the investigators explain.
The analysis of observations on the enterprise shows that the plant has contract orders until 2025 and the main customer is the maternal company SMAZ - the corporation "tactical rocket launchers". There are so many orders as investigators write that by next year the number of employees plan to increase from 2000 to 4300 people. "Neither the plant nor the corporation reports from 2016, so it is impossible to check the exact number of employees.
But it is known that 120 vacancies from 18 directions were opened in the middle of November 2022 - the most searched tocars, locksmiths, milling mills," Molfar said. Investigators also investigated the financial condition of the enterprise. According to the plant management, in only 8 months of 2022 the plant paid taxes worth $ 26 million, of which about $ 2. 6 million to the budget of the Smolensk region. "The volume of profit from the sale of the plant for 2021 amounted to $ 86.
9 million, in 2022 the profit was planned by 60%-to almost $ 145 million, in 2023-up to about $ 325 million, in 2024-in 2024- up to about $ 356 million, "the analytics quote. Analysts note that SMAZ is provided with government order by 2030, workers - overtime allowance (can work on weekends and holidays), and next year management expects to increase net profit up to $ 36 million. For comparison, in 2021 the net profit of the enterprise was $ 3. 4 million.
According to investigators, the Smolensk aircraft warehouse is of key importance for the Russian aviation and rocket industry, despite its hobby in the form of stools and souvenirs. This is especially true for the manufacture of missiles and technical support to other businesses, emphasizes Molfar. "If the plant continues production, it is possible to predict the increase in production capacity and a potential increase in weapons and military equipment.
Given historical data and current situation, it can increase the intensity of war. And the lack of sanctions at a subsidiary can help the plant bypass international sanctions and continue and the resources needed for production, "the investigators summarize. Molfar is a competitive intelligence agency that leads the investigation, makes factuals, seeks information and analysts. Investigative specialists use specialized OSINT-SOFT and their own scripts for the date.
The corporate principles of the agency consider the rules of international law, compliance with the universal declaration of human rights, professional respect and tolerance. Among the members of the group are experts on open sources, information search, non-destructive control specialists, development of a strategy for business development and OSINT investigations. We will remind, Focus wrote that the drone UJ-22 Airborne attacked Moscow in May 2023.