The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has arrested Vitaly Kozlov, CEO of the St. Petersburg-based company Profi-Svyaz, and Alexei Baranov, head of the affiliated company Astrakom, on fraud charges. According to Kommersant, investigators believe that the Radon radio stations supplied to the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs under a 2020 contract were assembled using foreign components, despite the terms of reference requiring Russian-made parts.
The case concerns a contract for the supply of Radon P45 radio stations worth 950,000 rubles ($12,700), signed by Profi-Svyaz to provide the Central District Logistics Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with communications equipment. An expert examination by the ministry found that the radios did not meet the requirement that the devices be assembled from Russian-made components. Kozlov and Baranov pleaded not guilty, stating that the contract had been fully executed and that the users had not filed any complaints regarding the quality of the supplied radios.
As The Insider learned, in 2023 the company Astrakom imported electronic components — microphones, remote radio control kits, portable transceivers, and cables — manufactured by Chinese companies Kirisun Communication, Jinan Luma International Trading, and Hytera Communication.
