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The Interior Ministry said that the southern Taganrog police had received information about a million. theft of equipment worth rubles (112.6 thousand euros) from the Iljušin Il-80 plane parked at the airfield.
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, told reporters Wednesday that the “emergency” would “take steps to prevent it from happening again in the future.”
The Interior Ministry did not specify what was stolen, but pointed to investigators dispatched to the scene of the incident.
In the port city of Taganrog, located more than 1.1 thousand. Km. South of Moscow, the Beriyev Aviation Science and Technology Complex is a state-owned company going through difficult times.
The Interior Ministry and Beriyev declined to comment and asked AFP for comment on the situation.
However, REN TV reported earlier this week that radio equipment had been stolen from the Ilan 80 being repaired in Taganroge.
The report says the thieves boarded the plane after opening the cargo hatch. Fingerprints of the suspects and shoes were found inside, REN TV added, noting that Beriyev reported the incident to police last week.
Television indicated that 12 people were interviewed during the investigation of the incident.
The report cites a source who says officials who have the right to visit the airfield may be responsible for this high-profile theft.
The news portal Otkrytye media found out that the Taganrogo Beryev Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex (TANKT) in 2020 allocated 24 million for the security of the airfield. rubles (270 379 EUR).
Under the agreement, the contractor was to organize five fixed and three mobile stations 24 hours a day at the airfield site. The guards had to monitor the aircraft, patrol the area and prevent anyone from stealing the property of the complex.
[Paslaugos] The procurement documents published a detailed plan of the airport, the location of all security points, checkpoints, rapid response teams and even sectors of surveillance with security cameras.In an interview with Novaja Gazeta, Dmitry Andrejanov, a former aircraft maintenance engineer, emphasized that the Il-80’s cargo hatch could not be opened normally. To do this, the aircraft power supply is required, you need to enter the cockpit, find the appropriate switches on the onboard engineer panel.
“You need to know perfectly the secret equipment, you know where the same electronic units are. In addition, thieves need at least 5-6 hours to do their work with peace of mind,” explained the expert.
The source of the TANKT publication called this event “very strange”.
The plane, which has been the subject of the theft, is one of four highly classified flight headquarters to evacuate the president and other high-ranking officials in the event of a nuclear explosion.
The first aircraft of this type is believed to have taken off on its maiden flight in 1985.
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