Employees of the Ural Operational Customs stopped trying to send to Armenia spare parts of the tank stabilizer. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the Ural Customs Administration, TASS reports.
“Military products – 37 frequency stabilizers 8L026P and 30 polarized RP-5 relays for a tank stabilizer control unit – sent a resident of the Southern Urals (Chelyabinsk region) through the courier service. For the organization of delivery, a citizen of the Russian Federation provided a fake power of attorney to a transport and logistics company. For export, “- said in the message.
According to the press service, a man repainted stabilizers to hide identification numbers and give them a new appearance.
“According to the conclusion of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTs of Russia), the seized stabilizers are established in military equipment, including T-72 tanks. According to the manufacturer’s plants, this item refers to the nomenclature of the main rocket-artillery management. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is prohibited for free sale, “the report says.
in the press service added that a criminal case was initiated on the identified fact. 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“smuggling materials and equipment of military equipment”). The article sanction provides for imprisonment to seven years and a fine to a million rubles.