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Russia has revoked licenses for helicopter repairs from Czech and Bulgarian enterprises due to their cooperation with Ukraine. Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told RIA Novosti about this.
According to him, Moscow has sent official notes on the inadmissibility of such actions to all countries that have announced the transfer of Russian military products to Kiev.
A number of enterprises in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic have had their licenses revoked for the repair of Mi-type helicopters. Also, according to Shugaev, Russia has suspended the supply of spare parts and components for aircraft and other equipment of Russian and Soviet production to unfriendly countries.
The head of the Federal Customs Service told the agency that the service he heads is faced with cases of non-fulfillment by various countries of obligations related to the illegal re-export of Russian and Soviet weapons to Ukraine.
He called the illegal transfer of Russian helicopters previously transferred to Afghanistan to Ukraine by the United States, contrary to all norms of international law, a blatant example of this.
Shugaev noted that the Federal Customs Service has mechanisms to counter such illegal supplies and their active use. “However, we must understand that we cannot impose restrictions on re-export on all Soviet weapons and equipment,” he concluded.