Shoigu showed Putin an American-Chinese all-terrain vehicle for farmers being supplied to the army

Sergei Shoigu, during Vladimir Putin’s visit to the headquarters of the Russian troops in Rostov-on-Don, showed the president the Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicle, designed for hunters and farmers. This is a car of the American-Chinese brand Aodes.

Details . Putin arrived at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, from where the Russian group in Ukraine is controlled, on the night from Thursday to Friday, immediately after returning from Kazakhstan. Sergei Shoigu, who met him, immediately said that he wanted to “show off the machine,” follows from a video distributed by the Kremlin pool RIA Novosti.

• He showed Putin a three-seater Aodes Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicle. The car is intended for hunters, farmers and forestry workers, as follows from the description on the website of the official distributor of Aodes in Russia.
• The Russian dealer’s website also states that the Aodes brand is registered in the USA “and was created as a multinational trademark, which includes many years of experience in development and production on production lines in China and management, distribution and management by specialists from the USA.” The company's official website notes that the company's headquarters are located in China.
• Near the all-terrain vehicle that Shoigu showed Putin, there is a stand with a description of the vehicle. It says the all-terrain vehicle can transport the wounded and sick. It also says that the Desertcross 1000-3 has a carrying capacity significantly greater than that of the “domestic analogue” of the AM1 army all-terrain vehicle.
• According to the inscription on the stand, the army already has 537 such vehicles in the basic configuration, and another 1,590 all-terrain vehicles are planned to be purchased by the end of the first quarter of 2024. The price of the SUV in the basic configuration is 1.58 million rubles, and with additions - 2.1 million, according to the stand.
• At the end of September, Russian military bloggers reported Desertcross 800-3 all-terrain vehicles at the front the appearance of less powerful .

Context . Sanctions imposed by the United States last year prohibit the export to Russia of almost all American-made cars, motorcycles and motorcycles.

• For the second time in recent years, Putin unexpectedly flies to his headquarters in Rostov-on-Don. The last time was at the end of October, when he visited the headquarters, returning to Russia from China.