German companies supply russians with materials for the "Shahed"

Russian "shahids" are produced at enterprises in Alabuga, a free economic zone in russia located in Tatarstan. It is there that russian companies use Iranian technology for their own drone production.

Earlier this year, hackers hacked into the mail servers of the Iranian company IRGC Sahara Thunder, which hosted an array of data on the production of Shahed-136 attack drones for russia. It also contained information about the Alabuga. There were several leaks from Alabuga.

The journalists checked the customs data of the companies declared as suppliers of components for the Shahed. In most cases, the main foreign partners of these companies are firms from China, South Korea and Turkey. But there are also several companies from Germany.

In particular, according to customs data, Composite Products purchases epoxy resin from two German companies - R&G Faserverbundwerkstoffe and Goettle Advanced Products Gmbh & Co.Kg. They supplied epoxy to russia at the height of the war, in 2022 and 2023.

It can be assumed that the companies were unaware of Composite Izdeliya's cooperation with Alabuga for various reasons. Either they did not see the leak, or they were not informed about it, or they did not ask. However, the companies could have checked the russian counterparty and seen the connection to the russian military-industrial complex.

"If you take a closer look at German companies, Goettle Advanced Products Gmbh & Co.Kg. according to customs data trades almost exclusively with russia, except for a few deliveries, and throughout the past year it supplied products to the russian company Composite Products," the journalists write.

The director of Goettle Advanced Products Gmbh & Co.Kg is Jürgen Goettle, a local deputy of the Freie Wähler Königsbrunn political party. The party considers some sanctions against russia questionable given the energy crisis, and the ceasefire "the first and most important step on the road to peace."

The journalists note that another German company, R$G Faserverbundwerkstoffe, apparently supplied almost 8,500 kg of epoxy binder in 2023, worth about $80,000. It can be used to make 337 drones, because one drone, according to the Alabuga leak, requires 25 kilograms of this substance. Yes, this is still much less than the supply to the German politician's company. But R$G Faserverbundwerkstoffe was different.

According to Slidstvo.info, during the period when this German company was supplying epoxy to russia, it was also supplying the same epoxy to Ukrainian drone manufacturers.

R$G Faserverbundwerkstoffe denied cooperation with Composite Products LLC and confirmed business relations with Ukrainian companies.

Source: Slidstvo Info