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AK and AR => AK Family: Saiga, MAK, Vepr, WASR, Zastava, etc. => Topic started by: Boris Badinov on June 20, 2017, 07:28:50 PM
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TFB posted this evening that because of new Russia Sanctions, Molot VEPR rifles are effectively banned in the US.
US companies can no longer conduct business with Molot Orhuzie.
Read here:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/06/20/breaking-us-banned-vepr-due-sanctions-looks-like/
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It's reported they were broke back in Feb, possibly before then, and in March it was confirmed they were going under and going up for sale. I don't think the sanctions will affect a company much when they were already broke and up for sale months earlier.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/03/foghorn/russian-firearms-maker-molot-bankrupt-company-will-auctioned/
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/02/breaking-russian-molot-bankrupt-will-sold/
https://secondunited.com/2017/03/04/breaking-russian-arms-manufacturer-molot-goes-bankrupt/
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It's reported they were broke back in Feb, possibly before then, and in March it was confirmed they were going under and going up for sale. I don't think the sanctions will affect a company much when they were already broke and up for sale months earlier.
Was not aware of this. Thanks.