Senior Russian Trade Official Overseeing Drone Production Arrested for Fraud
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- Alla Polovchenya, who serves as deputy head of the Industry and Trade Ministry’s department of unmanned systems and robotics, was arrested and charged on Wednesday.S1
- Russian authorities have arrested a senior Industry Ministry official as part of a major investigation into alleged fraud involving Chinese drones reportedly presented as Russian-made developments. Deputy head of the Department for Unmanned Systems and Robotic...S2
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Senior Russian Trade Official Overseeing Drone Production Arrested for Fraud
Alla Polovchenya, who serves as deputy head of the Industry and Trade Ministry’s department of unmanned systems and robotics, was arrested and charged on Wednesday.
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- Alla Polovchenya, who serves as deputy head of the Industry and Trade Ministry’s department of unmanned systems and robotics, was arrested and charged on Wednesday.S1
- Russian authorities have arrested a senior Industry Ministry official as part of a major investigation into alleged fraud involving Chinese drones reportedly presented as Russian-made developments. Deputy head of the Department for Unmanned Systems and Robotic...S2
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