Seized Crimean Fiolent Plant Supplies Parts for Russian Aircraft

The seized Fiolent plant in temporarily occupied Crimea supplies parts for Russia’s aircraft industry.

The Trap Aggressor project of the StateWatch analytical center reported on this.

The enterprise is involved in the so-called “import substitution” of foreign components in Russian aircraft such as the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SJ-100), MC-21, and Tu-214.

In particular, for the SJ-100, the Fiolent plant supplies contact rotary transformers, generators, motors, and precision electric machines.

The project’s analysts note that Russia’s so-called “import substitution” remains merely declarative.

For example, the SJ-100 aircraft was left without certified components after the termination of cooperation with PowerJet, a joint French-Russian venture.

The new components used in the aircraft are not subject to international certification, posing flight safety risks.

“Russian media report on ‘successful tests,’ but the evidence is doubtful – there are numerous reports of navigation and electronics failures, engine overheating, and more,” the analysts report.

As is known, the Fiolent plant, which Russia seized in Crimea, has been under U.S. sanctions since 2014. The facility is located in the city of Simferopol.

In November 2024, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stripped Oleksandr Batalin, who has led the Fiolent plant in temporarily occupied Crimea for over 30 years, of the state award “Hero of Ukraine.” Ukraine has sentenced him in absentia to 14 years in prison for treason.

At the same time, he has still not been included on international sanctions lists, despite his involvement in supplying strategic aircraft components for Russian planes.

Earlier, Suspilne Krym reported that Russian propaganda media wrote about the use of Fiolent’s products in virtually all types of weaponry.