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Russia-based Joint Stock Company Special Economic Zone of Industrial Production Alabuga (SEZ Alabuga) maintains a contract with the Russian military to assemble Geran-2 UAVs that were shipped from Iran, while increasing domestic production capability to produce many of the components for the Iranian-designed UAVs in Russia. SEZ Alabuga is expected to ramp up production under their contract to produce thousands of UAVs through 2025. SEZ Alabuga is owned and controlled by the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan. SEZ Alabuga has exploited underage students from an affiliated polytechnic university as laborers to assemble these attack UAVs in exploitative conditions.
Russia and Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) have cooperated to finance and produce Iranian-designed one-way attack UAVs, also known as kamikaze drones, at a newly established a facility in Russia. State is also designating MODAFL pursuant to E.O. 14024 today. This network has facilitated shipments, conducted financial transactions, and engaged in industrial production in support of this cooperation between Russian and Iran to produce one-way attack UAVs for use by the Russian military in Ukraine, including against critical infrastructure and other civilian targets.
SEZ Alabuga Subsidiaries and Financial Facilitators
Russia-based Limited Liability Company Alabuga Machinery (Alabuga Machinery) is a subsidiary of SEZ Alabuga, via its controlling shareholders Alabuga Development and Russia-based GEA OOO, which is itself a subsidiary of Alabuga Development and SEZ Alabuga. Alabuga Machinery has been used to facilitate financial transactions and trade on behalf of its ultimate beneficial owner SEZ Alabuga to the Iranian government for UAV parts, components, and raw materials.
Russia-based Limited Liability Company Zimens Yokogawa (Zimens Yokogawa) is a subsidiary of Alabuga Development. Zimens Yokogawa has been used to facilitate financial transactions with Iranian front companies.
SEZ Alabuga Officials
Russia national Timur Nailevich Shagivaleev (Shagivaleev) is the General Director and member of the Board of Directors for SEZ Alabuga who is involved in the efforts by SEZ Alabuga to increase the manufacturing of UAVs, including efforts to conduct reverse engineering and import substitution to localize production. Shagivaleev has been named in connection with the exploitation of underage students to assemble these UAVs.
Russia national Sergey Sergeyevich Alekseyev (Alekseyev) is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SEZ Alabuga and has been involved in the transshipment of materials from Iran to Russia, related to the production of UAVs at SEZ Alabuga.
Russia national Ildar Rashitovich Tazutdinov (Tazutdinov) is the Deputy Director General of Corporate Affairs for SEZ Alabuga and was involved in the transshipment and importation of materials and disassembled UAVs from Iran to Russia related to SEZ Alabuga’s UAV production activity.
Russia national Artem Alexandrovich Snitko (Snitko) is an SEZ Alabuga official involved in the production of Iranian-designed UAVs, such as the Shahed-136, and its Russian version, the Geran-2. Snitko was also involved in the transshipment of materials from Iran to Russia related to SEZ Alabuga’s UAV production activity.
Also Known As:
JOINT STOCK COMPANY SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ALABUGA
(Cyrillic: АКЦИОНЕРНОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ОСОБАЯ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ЗОНА ПРОМЫШЛЕННО-ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННОГО ТИПА АЛАБУГА; Cyrillic: АО ОЭЗ ППТ АЛАБУГА)
AKTSIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO OSOBAYA EKONOMICHESKAYA ZONA PROMYSHLENNO-PROIZVODSTVENNOGO TIPA ALABUGA
AO OEZ PPT ALABUGA
Organization Established Date:
24 Jul 2006
Country:
Russia
Address:
ul. Sh-2 (Oez Alabuga Ter.) 4/1, Yelabuga, Tatarstan 423600, Russia
Promploshchadka Alabuga, ul. Sh-2, Korp. 4/1, Yelabuga, Volga federal region, Republic of Tatarstan 423600, Russia
Tax ID No.:
1646019914 (Russia)
Registration Number:
1061674037259
95427882 (Russia)