MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ventilators delivered by Russia to the United States to assist treat patients of the new coronavirus were made by a Russian company that is under U.S. sanctions, Russia’s RBC business daily reported on Friday.
SUBMIT PHOTO: A Russian military transportation plane bring medical devices, masks and products lands at JFK International Airport during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 1,2020 REUTERS/Stefan Jeremiah/File Image
A Russian military aircraft carrying the ventilators landed in New york city on Wednesday after U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone.
Russian state television video of the aircraft’s discharging revealed boxes of “Aventa-M” ventilators, which are produced by the Ural Instrument Engineering Plant (UPZ) in the city of Chelyabinsk, 1,500 km (930 miles) east of Moscow, RBC reported.
UPZ becomes part of a holding business called Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), which itself is a system of Russian state conglomerate Rostec.
KRET has actually been under U.S. sanctions because July 2014, with U.S. companies