Andrey Kostin, president of VTB Bank, said: RBCUnited Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) St. That St. Petersburg shipyards use old machines, including those from the Second World War.
“I was at three businesses yesterday [ОСК] St. In St. Petersburg, there are machines that have been working there since 1932 – but not all, but many -,” the banker said at the VII Moscow Financial Forum.
According to the information he gave, these are German-made machines exported within the scope of compensation.
People say proudly: “We have a machine here, it is 90 years old.” “I say, ‘Well, this is not a historical monument,’” Kostin said.
USC is a Russian state shipbuilding holding that includes approximately 40 design bureaus and research centers, shipyards, ship repair and engineering enterprises.
Before that Kostin stated About the “massive financial hole” at USC. According to him, an audit was conducted in the company, which revealed many problems, especially “a huge financial hole”. Additionally, experts found a deep technological lag, especially in civilian shipbuilding. Corporate governance is at a low level.
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