MOSCOW, July 24 Transmashholding (TMH), Russia's largest passenger railcar manufacturer, is consulting to remove Metrova holding company from the US sanctions list gonmash» because the plant does not produce military products, the company's CEO Kirill Lipa said in an interview.
On May 19, 2023, the United States imposed sanctions against Metrovagonmash, accusing it of producing military products. On the same day, the Tbilisi City Hall announced that it had begun the procedure for terminating the contract with the plant for the supply of 40 new cars due to the sanctions of «international partners». Metrovagonmash said on June 14 that it considers its inclusion in the US sanctions list a mistake, since it does not participate in the production of military products, and is now studying the possibility of applying to the competent American authorities for removal from it.
«Now our specialists are working on this. All consultations are already underway,» Lipa replied to the question whether any documents had been filed in order to challenge the sanctions imposed against Metrovagonmash.
He recalled that the US government said that the reason for the imposition of sanctions is the production of military products. «Which is not true. That is, Metrovagonmash has not been producing military products for many years. To be precise, since 2014 or 2013. This activity is completely separated, is part of another concern altogether, and has nothing to do with us — neither legal nor technical. Therefore, our discussion in this sense with the US government is this: just correct a mistake. That is, you made a real mistake, correct it,» Lipa explained.
Transmashholding is the largest Russian company specializing in the development and production of rolling stock for railways and urban transport systems. The enterprises of the TMH group produce electric locomotives, diesel locomotives, freight and passenger cars, as well as electric train and metro cars.
The interview took place on the eve of the second summit and economic and humanitarian forum «Russia — Africa». It will be held in St. Petersburg on July 27-28. acts as an information partner of the event.
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