Peskov: turbines placed in the Crimea - Russian

Presidential press secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that turbines for thermal power plants, in the supply of which in the annexed Crimea, was accused of Siemens, bypassing Western sanctions, were produced in Russia. This is reported by Interfax.

"In Crimea, Russian -made turbines collected in Russian companies are really installed," Peskov said.

At the same time, the spokeswoman did not comment on the Siemens statement about his intention to prevent the supply of company equipment to Crimea. "Siemens has taken all possible legal measures and will take operational measures to prevent illegal use of equipment. For example, it will not carry out any deliveries or services for installation, commissioning or guarantees. We will continue to fully cooperate with all interested parties," Reuters quoted the technical giant representatives on July 7.

Meanwhile, as the agency reports , Siemens said that at least two of the four turbines sent to the Crimea entered the company's will there. “Over the past few months, our client has repeatedly confirmed in writing that deliveries to Crimea will not happen. As a result, Siemens initiates the criminal prosecution of responsible persons,” Reuters quotes the statement of representatives of the concern.

On July 6, the agency reported that two gas turbines produced by Siemens were taken to annexed Sevastopol . Initially, four turbines made near St. Petersburg at the Siemens - Gas Turbine Technologies plant were intended for the power plant being built on the Taman Peninsula in the Krasnodar Territory, however, after the project was not implemented, two of them were sent to Crimea.

As noted, Reuters failed to find out whether the turbines were transported to the annexed peninsula with the knowledge of Siemens. "Siemens did not supply turbines to the Crimea and complies with all the restrictions on export control," the representative of the concern in Munich Wolfram Trost told the agency. At the same time, the company refused to answer whether the concern is known about the finding of the equipment he had produced in Crimea, citing a commercial secret.

Meanwhile, at the end of June, Vedomosti reported that Siemens had intended turbines for Crimea from the very beginning , and the Kuban in the contract indicated the destination in order to deceive the German authorities.