UK passport and business handed over to the son: ex-arms dealer from “Unimatic” changes his residence address and citizenship to dodge prosecution

UK passport and business handed over to the son: ex-arms dealer from “Unimatic” changes his residence address and citizenship to dodge prosecution

Igor Fishelev, chairman of the Sverdlovsk-based company "Unimatik," has recently become a citizen of the United Kingdom.

Fishelev previously owned Unimatik himself, before transferring the business to his son, Oleg Fishelev. The company supplies machinery to Rostec’s “Plant No. 9” (which produces guns for Russian tanks) and “Verkhneturinsky Machine-Building Plant” (which manufactures shell casings for field and tank artillery). Even after February 2022, Unimatik continued importing products from Germany, Austria, Serbia, and Latvia.