Alexey Solomin: Rosneft and iPhones

“An order appeared on the Rosneft website in the company’s procurement section: RN-Tver CJSC required 5 iPhones worth 184 thousand 950 rubles. Everything is described in detail in the terms of reference: the latest, sixth model is required, with a memory capacity of 64 GB. Mandatory with iOS 8, It is mandatory to support GSM networks 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, LTE bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/38/ 39/40/41, UMTS 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz. And many, many other details that leave no room for discrepancies or errors.

It would seem like a penny. Well, what is 184 thousand rubles for a large oil company? Have breakfast and blow your nose."