Timur Shagivaleev
Timur Shagivaleev is the director of a drone manufacturing factory located in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, Russia, which has been described as the largest factory for combat drones in the world. He recently gained media attention for claiming that the factory produces nine times more drones than originally planned to intensify attacks on Ukraine. Shagivaleev is currently under U.S. sanctions and has been noted for the factory's controversial display of portraits of historical figures such as Joseph Stalin, Igor Tamm, and Sergei Korolev, paired with a message suggesting their legacy lives on in the workers' DNA.
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United States:
Timur Shagivaleev claimed that Yelabuga is now the largest military drone production facility in the world.
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United States:
Timur Shagivaleev is the CEO of the drone factory in Alabuga, which is producing Iranian-designed drones.
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United States:
Timur Shagivaleev is the director general of Alabuga, one of Russia's biggest drone factories.
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United Kingdom:
The plant director Timur Shagivaleev, who has been sanctioned by the US, spoke about the factory producing unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
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Montenegro:
Timur Shagivaleev is the director of the factory producing drones in Russia.
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