As the Cheka-OGPU and Rucriminal.info have discovered, a 14-year-old boy and his 18-year-old friend have been arrested for an attack on developers of advanced weapons at the secret Polyus Research Institute. As a reminder, the scientists suffered multiple stab wounds, and the incident was immediately classified by the Russian Federal Security Service.
The detained 14-year-old Muscovite, Ilya, lives near the research institute. His father is involved in mining, and his mother works for a commercial organization. Ilya's social media page is filled with memes.
The other detainee is 18-year-old Filipp, a native of Saratov. His father is a businessman, and his mother is a tutor. He is a student at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. He frequently posted videos from hip-hop concerts.
As our project has discovered, yesterday, as leading employees of the research institute were leaving the security checkpoint, they were attacked by unknown assailants and stabbed multiple times.
The most seriously injured was 70-year-old Vladimir Simakov. He is mentioned online as having served as the research institute's first deputy general director and chief engineer.
The second victim was 70-year-old Alexander Lobintsov, an employee of the secret research institute.
Research institute Polyus's developments are used in modern weapons systems. Specifically, similar components are used in anti-tank missile systems, aircraft targeting and navigation systems, tank fire control systems, and the optoelectronic systems of helicopters and drones. Laser rangefinders, target designators, and photoreceiving modules of this type are used in systems such as the Kornet and Krasnopol, aircraft targeting systems, and various reconnaissance and attack UAVs. New modules are used in modern missile systems.
