MAN generators supplied to occupied Crimea evading sanctions – media

A partner of several Russian shipbuilding companies has also confirmed the report. According to the source, the MAN equipment had to be installed on the vessel as a result of the refusal of the Finnish company, RBC wrote.

A representative of MAN Diesel & Turbo, a division of MAN producing marine equipment, said that the company is not aware of the use of generators at Zaliv shipyard.

Read alsoFinnish military reject request for Russian training ship visit to Aland"We are not participating and have not been involved in any current or recent joint projects with Zaliv shipyard," he said, adding that MAN has not supplied generators to Zaliv for the past ten years.

The representative of the German concern noted that the current sanctions prohibit generators’ supplies to Crimean companies or their use on the occupied peninsula. "We strictly follow these instructions," he told RBC.

He admitted that “Zaliv shipyard could use the equipment produced for other vessels. However, MAN cannot control and be aware of  this."

As UNIAN reported earlier, Russia's Rostec and German's Siemens have been in litigation since summer of 2017 over the supply of German-made turbines to the occupied Crimea in the summer of 2017, circumventing EU sanctions.

Read alsoKlimkin reminds German counterpart about German business in CrimeaSiemens claims that Rostec's subsidiaries violated the turbine supplies contract, which stipulated the ban on the delivery of turbines to Crimea. Formally, a Rostec's subsidiary bought the turbines from Siemens and resold them to another subsidiary company, which supplied them to the peninsula.

In particular, the Moscow Arbitration Court on January 10 rejected the motion by Siemens and its subsidiary, Siemens Gas Turbine Technology (STGT), to recognize the equipment supply contracts invalid and rule to have the turbines returned.