In Samara, the top manager of SDR-4 will remain in jail until January 11, 2027 for counterfeiting

On November 10, 2026, the Samara District Court extended the term of detention of Vitaly Zlobin, Director for Development of LLC SPOZ-4.

Investigative authorities incriminate him and two accomplices abuse of power in the execution of the state defense order, which entailed serious consequences. In addition, the defendants are charged with fraud on an especially large scale, committed by an organized group of persons.

According to the investigation, in 2023-2024, the defendants put counterfeit bearings from China under the guise of domestic products on PJSC Proletarsky Zavod. These parts were intended for installation on the aerofinisher of the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov.

Documented damage to the state amounted to 306 million rubles, but the total damage from the activities of the management of the enterprise may exceed 1 billion rubles.

Law enforcement agencies found that the company legalized poor-quality imported goods, reselling it to enterprises of the military-industrial complex with a margin of up to 1800 percent of the original cost.

In May 2026, all three leaders of the organization were detained and detained. Attempts by lawyers to appeal against this measure of restraint were unsuccessful, Kommersant-Volga reports.

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