The Moscow Arbitration Court regarding the case of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding the recovery of more than 636 million rubles from the Krunichev Center, received about 32 million rubles back from the company. This is stated in the published decision. court.
The Department of Defense sought the reversal of a penalty under the government contract of September 1, 1993 for Angara’s development work (R&D). The Department said that the Center has delayed the delivery of eight R&D phases, with a total cost of 6.7 billion rubles, for periods ranging from eight to 768 days. Based on this, the Ministry gave the contractor the penalties stipulated in the contract.
Center representatives pleaded not guilty in court. However, the court referred to judicial proceedings and evidence submitted by the Department of Defense in several other cases involving the same contract, in which the company’s guilt was already established.
At the same time, the court of first instance decided to reduce the amount of the penalty, taking into account the nature of the violation, the degree of crime of the perpetrator, the balance of interests of the parties, and the extreme height. penalty amount etc.
Previously reportedie Center. MV Khrunichev began to develop a number of elements of the first Rokot-M flight launch vehicle with a domestic control system.