The creators of the rocket "Proton-M" are suing the Ministry of Defense

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The creators of the rocket "Proton-M" are suing the Ministry of Defense

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center filed a lawsuit in court to oblige the customer to pay 50 million for the development of a launch vehicle that will replace the Proton-M

There was a conflict between the developers of the Proton-M launch vehicle stuck at the start of the Baikonur cosmodrome and the Aerospace Defense Forces (WKO), which could not be resolved by the manufacturers and customers and went to court. The Moscow Arbitration Court is considering the claim of the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center (GKNPT) to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the amount of more than 50 million rubles. According to the decision of the arbitration, the military was obliged to pay the full cost of work on the creation of a new Angara launch vehicle, but the Ministry of Defense appealed this decision.

The contract for the design of the Angara RKP was signed in 1993 year. The cost of the work was to be agreed upon after the conclusion of contracts with counterparties. The final issue price was determined by additional agreements No. 29 from 2006 of the year and No. 40 from 2010 of the year.

As a result, in 2006, an agreement was reached to pay for each stage of work on the creation of a launch vehicle. However, in 2010, at the final stage of the creation of the Angara, the designers requested additional 67 million rubles from the Ministry of Defense.

“The basis for this calculation was the economic indicators previously agreed with the customer, including on the invoice calculations,” the lawyers of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center explained in the lawsuit.

The Ministry of Defense made its own calculation of work, and at all stages, and not only in terms of the increased costs in the 2010 year. The military came to the conclusion that the cost was too high, and unilaterally reduced the price - by 45 million rubles in terms of overhead costs and by 5 million rubles in terms of payment for the co-contractor’s work.

In the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center they tried to resolve the issue peacefully, finding that it was a kind of absurd mistake: the creators of "Angara" sent the military acts of the work done to the part of the contract price that was not received. However, the money from the ministry they have not been transferred. After that, the GKNPT was forced to appeal to the Arbitration Court.

In the process of reviewing the case in court, it became known what the Ministry of Defense had justified its decision not to pay money to the launch vehicle developers.

“The defendant gave proof of the protocols in which the new agreed prices were indicated,” Izvestia was told in the arbitration court. - However, in the column “proposed by the customer” the amount was not put down, but in the column “agreed” was the amount already reduced by the defendant.

In 2011, the judge of the Moscow Arbitration Court, Olga Likhacheva, considered such a justification for reducing the cost of the order unacceptable and ordered the Ministry of Defense to pay the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center 49,9 million debt and 200 thousand of court costs.

The Ministry of Defense appealed this decision twice. 16 April 2012 of the Year The 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal dismissed the complaint of the military. But after two weeks at the stage of cassation, the claims of the Ministry of Defense were satisfied.

“The court of first instance did not conduct a full and comprehensive investigation of the evidence presented by the defendant,” is indicated in the decision of the cassation instance.

We are talking about protocols with "inscribed and non-inscribed prices." The case was sent for a new consideration to the first instance with a demand to pay more attention to the evidence cited by the Ministry of Defense. The next meeting on the protracted dispute about 50 million is scheduled for July 31 2012.

In the information support group of the Aerospace Defense Forces, Izvestia was unable to promptly provide a comment on the court proceedings with the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.

Recall that the Angara launch vehicle, developed by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, should replace Proton-M in the coming years, which has received bad fame recently. The last incident with this launch vehicle occurred on 19 June 2012 of the year. "Proton-M" with the upper stage "Briz-M" and the Dutch communication satellite SES-5 was removed from the start due to a technical malfunction.
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  1. +6
    21 June 2012 10: 00
    A shame...
    just shame ...
    It is shameful and ugly (this is soft) that the government (if it is POWER) was unable to "help" to figure it out and prevent such "rubbish" from being exposed to the public ...
    Yeah...
    1. +12
      21 June 2012 10: 06
      It's sick to read that. It is as if we are serving more than one country. It’s not a pity for litigation, but for science ... What are we spending our energy, time and money on ?!
      1. 755962
        +3
        21 June 2012 11: 01
        A logical question arises. And who needs it? And where does this question grow from your feet? Once the argument lasts so long. Spiders in a bank live peacefully!
        1. chistii20
          0
          21 June 2012 15: 05
          There are no words. Government structures are biting each other. And what will happen next is scary to think
    2. Neighbor
      -3
      21 June 2012 16: 56
      Quote: Z.A.M.
      It is shameful and ugly (this is mild) that power (if it is POWER

      Listen - you are orangery. And the government would not have brought this to society - you would be the loudest than the Oral people - about the shelter, lawlessness and arbitrariness of these same authorities.
      You are building yourself here - an intellectual -
      Quote: Z.A.M.
      Shameful and ugly
      - where are you ......!
      It’s necessary - it’s carried out. Not your mind business.
      And about the fact itself - I don’t even know.
      Well, if there is a problem, there are complaints - you need to understand it. Understand, identify the causes, mistakes - and henceforth - not to allow them to such ..... no longer exist. Right after all!
      After all, here is which side to look at. 50 million - a serious amount. If you must - give it back !!! So that everything is according to the law. Then there will be no problems.
      I think so.
      On the contrary, such facts should be taken out as often as possible and further. Then it will be disgraceful - somewhere to underpay, somewhere to deceive. Or vice versa - to demand that - which is not yours. Do not be silent about such things.
  2. Tirpitz
    +5
    21 June 2012 10: 02
    They never knew how to share big money.
  3. +1
    21 June 2012 10: 02
    It's sick to read that. It is as if we are serving more than one country. Money is not a pity for litigation, but for science ...
  4. Alexey Prikazchikov
    -4
    21 June 2012 10: 13
    The most offensive that appeared in a friend organization for the protection of the rights of scientists and began to demand a review of the case, they say they did not unfairly condemn.
  5. Nursultan
    +5
    21 June 2012 10: 20
    Yeah ... East Kazakhstan oblast wants something new, but they cannot or do not want to pay for it. At this rate, they will earn themselves notoriety.
  6. Simonov
    0
    21 June 2012 10: 34
    What is this organization for the protection of the rights of scientists? If possible - in more detail.
  7. Kaa
    +3
    21 June 2012 10: 49
    I can imagine a not-so-distant past - the Uralvagonzavod or the Kharkov steam locomotive are suing the People’s Commissariat of Defense! Something rotted in the Danish kingdom.
  8. +2
    21 June 2012 10: 55
    it’s just a shame ... it’s not clear what the prime minister and president are doing when the state is essentially suing itself ... I don’t know one thing: there is one idiot in tandem, or both ...
    1. matvey.z
      +4
      21 June 2012 11: 09
      Quote: Krilion
      It is unclear what the prime minister and president are doing when the state is essentially suing itself.

      Why did it happen?
      The MO (East Kazakhstan oblast) has a budget. What is due and pay.

      GKNPTS of a name of Khrunichev - though SUE, but a commercial organization, not entitled ownership of property assigned to it by the owner.
      Conducts fully commercial activities

      The usual dispute between business entities.
    2. +4
      21 June 2012 12: 03
      Crilion (1)

      Quote: Krilion
      I don’t know one thing: in the tandem there is one idiot or both ...

      They are not idiots ...
      It’s a pity that until you understand KT O they really ...
  9. itr
    -1
    21 June 2012 12: 08
    And what is shameful is that how he works, he eats fuck since 93, the 2012 contract has no result. Pay for what ?? In theory, the customer should sue
    Somehow you easily distribute state money. Do you see the conscience tormenting you. Gentlemen snickered, that's all. I completely agree with the Ministry of Defense
    1. soldat1945
      +2
      21 June 2012 14: 12
      Money for the work was allocated only in 2006, and before that the project was worked out exclusively by the GKNPTS, and the cock pecked in the ass when the problems started with a prton, and they remembered the Angara, the GKNPC requires reimbursement taking into account the economic costs laid down in the contract, and the min. Defense it took and in one person reduced this amount, that's what the article says about it!
  10. Jeen
    0
    21 June 2012 14: 48
    Elon Musk smiles slyly
  11. +1
    21 June 2012 15: 20
    And from what badun the most reliable carrier at one time (USSR) SUDDENLY got "BAD GLORY" ??? Or Proton-M WELL VASCHE new and a bunch of unknown? ROSSKOSMOS- STUKH ??? ... come on, come on Popovkin ... the bardeliero is in full swing (it's a pity that in that glamorous fight they didn't dig him to the fullest).
  12. 0
    21 June 2012 17: 12
    If the Ministry of Defense submits an incomplete calculation to the Arbitration. This can already be qualified as a forgery. And the question also arises. Who signed the blank document from the second side? Generally a very muddy story. Although from Taburetkin, I personally did not expect anything good. Sincerely.
  13. 0
    21 June 2012 17: 30
    It was not in vain that we had a bazaar station system in Russia
  14. 0
    21 June 2012 17: 47
    Storetkin "saves" !!!!

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