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R-Fon, a "protected" smartphone for officials advertised in the Russian Federation, turned out to be a copy of the Symphony Helio 80 device from Bangladesh.
As The Moscow Times reports with reference to the specialized Mobiltelefon service, the design and filling of both devices are almost identical, and they differ only in the logo, software and price.
"The only significant difference is that the phone, which is assembled in Russia by the Rutek plant of former Minister of Communications Leonid Reiman, will be sold to the state three times more expensive than it is sold in Bangladesh," the article says.
It is also noted that earlier the former official sold to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation allegedly "Russian" radio stations Azart, which turned out to be actually Chinese. At the same time, after the introduction of Western sanctions, products from the People's Republic of China ceased to be supplied, due to which Reiman disrupted the state defense order.
