MOSCOW, March 28 The prosecutor's office of the German city of Hamburg has charged four citizens of Germany and one citizen of Switzerland due to the supply of Siemens gas turbines to Russia, which ended up in Crimea in circumvention of the embargo, WirtschaftsWoche reported.
«The Hamburg prosecutor's office has brought charges against five men who were allegedly involved in the illegal supply of Siemens gas turbines to Crimea,» writes WirtschaftsWoche. It is reported that one of the accused is a current Siemens employee.
According to the prosecutor's office, four turbines were sent to St. Petersburg from the port of Hamburg between November 2015 and January 2016. The cost of the contract was 111 million euros, and according to it the turbines were to be used in the south of Russia, not in Crimea, WirtschaftsWoche reports, citing the prosecutor's office.
The prosecutor's office believes that the defendants knew about the final destination for the supplied turbines. At the same time, Siemens categorically denies that it knew that the turbines were heading to Crimea and claims that it is cooperating with the investigation.