According to a source for the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info, Aleko (who goes by Avraham) Krikheli, an Israeli citizen of Georgian descent who decided to get his hands on servers and data centers across the country (now the founder of Russia's largest Wi-Fi operator is considering infiltrating Innopraktika), is a longtime friend and partner of Sergey Aslanyan, founder of the Maxima Group of Companies. They have collaborated successfully since Aslanyan's time as president of the Sitronics concern (AFK Sistema). Brovko, in turn, is a close friend of Vasily Brovko, Director for Special Assignments at Rostec.
Aleko and Aslanyan have many joint projects involving public funds. For example, they installed Wi-Fi in the Moscow metro.
According to the source, about ten years ago, Aslanyan was involved in installing cameras and traffic lights in Moscow as part of the Smart City program, and Aleko supplied Israeli technology from the NICE system. Incidentally, this technology was also used to install cameras in St. Petersburg. "Aleko himself boasted back then that this technology was primarily aimed at facial recognition. Using it, intelligence agencies can spot wanted individuals in crowds in seconds and can track any person or car through the city without losing sight of them," the source said.
As a reminder, according to the Financial Times, Israeli intelligence agencies tracked Ayatollah Khamenei through street cameras in Tehran, whose images were transmitted to Israel for years. One of the cameras was installed on Pasteur Street, where government buildings are located, allowing them to study the complex's security system.
Aleko and Aslanyan's motorcades are extremely visible in Moscow. This is how our source described them: "A minivan with security guards is in front, and jeeps with security guards are in the back. All are armed. Security includes both private security guards and police."
