Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Powerful interests in Russia are milking the war in Ukraine for profit and power, complains a Russian drone developer and blogger. He argues that the interests are indifferent to the loss of Russian lives and are ripping off the state defence procurement system. ⬇️

2/ 'UAV Developer' writes on Telegram: "You see, they couldn't care less about our victory."

3/ "They—a collective group of people in power, one of the towers [factions]—understand that the name of the Lord Special Military Operation can still be used to cover up any nonsense, and to call opponents foreign agents and enemies of the people.

4/ "This window of opportunity, one way or another, will soon slam shut—either we reach an agreement and get a pause for peace, or we don't reach an agreement and we'll have to fight like adults, and then their efforts will fade into the background.

5/ "Therefore, taking advantage of the situation, they've launched a reorganization of a whole host of areas, from the destruction of private livestock in Siberia under the pretext of infections, to the monopolisation of media coverage in the form of Telegram, and even to…

6/ …the private defence industry that's so dear to us.

Everyone in the know understands that payments from the Ministry of Defence are so problematic that the tax authorities are demanding taxes even when no revenue has been received yet (though the contracts have been signed).

7/ "And even if revenue were received, the 7%, or at most 13%, profit margin on state defence orders does not allow for the production of high-quality goods or the development of manufacturing.

8/ "As a result, the military is growing increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of products received from state defence contractors.

Consequently, contractors face economic penalties, and the most zealous are accused of embezzlement and inflating production costs.

9/ "One of the pillars supporting the entire state defence industry is the inflation of production costs, because that’s the only way to turn a profit with a 7% return.

10/ "And instead of doing things the right way (simply copying the American system), the cycle of mutual claims is being deliberately escalated to such an extent that, according to rumors, payments from the Ministry will only be received after full completion of…

11/ …the state defence order, and even then, it is unclear how long these payments will take.

In other words, you’ll have to invest your XXX million rubles in the products, deliver them on time, and then, maybe, get your 7% profit.

12/ "It's not hard to guess what this will lead to: the last remaining lunatics working in this fucked-up procurement system will quit, the most stupid and greedy will be demonstratively jailed, and the field will be cleared for those on the inside who can inflate their costs.

13/ "And the quality of their products will be absolutely satisfactory (read the details on MAX [the state-approved messenger app]). No one really cares how many soldiers we’ll lose as a result of this squabbling—soldiers we could have avoided losing.

14/ "It’s obvious that these guys consider the stream of contract soldiers to be inexhaustible and are eager to freeze the current cash flow as is. Just squeeze the freeloaders out of the system." /end

Source:
t.me/UAVDEV/10752