A number of defense suppliers failed to deliver weapons worth a total of about 14.5 billion rubles ($474 million) to the country's armed forces this year, a Defense Ministry official said Wednesday.Those on the blacklist include Oboronservis — a company mired in a major corruption scandal involving former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov — and some of its subsidiaries, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told journalists.
Although most manufacturers met the deadlines to supply weapons to the government in 2012, some still lag behind, including shipbuilders and armored vehicle makers, he said.
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