One of the most popular Russian newspapers, Arguments and Facts, writes that there are only six months left of components for the smooth operation of elevators in the Russian Federation..

So a month after the start of the war, it suddenly became clear that even elevators in Russia do not work without American technology..

“Components for the smooth operation of elevators will last for six months. 70% of them are Russian-made and only 30% are imported. But there are the most important components that are assembled from imported parts.. So, in the operation of the elevator control station, a lot depends on microprocessors and microcontrollers, which are manufactured in Taiwan and partly in mainland China,” said AiF.. ru General Director of the Association "

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“If the supply of these chips is banned, then it will not be clear how to solve this problem.. The fact is that although China is a friendly country, American technologies are used in this production.. Technology owners may demand to close access to them, and manufacturing companies will not be able to do anything about it,"

The elevator software is also imported.

“We have long demanded that this issue be resolved so that the elevators speak Russian,” he says..

Moreover, the general director of the Russian Elevator Association expanded his thought, this problem is key not only for the elevator industry, but also for the automotive industry, aircraft industry, communications.

“Even our missiles fly with foreign-made microprocessors,” he said..

In addition, even if the missing spare parts are replaced, this will be done with a significant increase in production costs..

“Another important node is the winch.

This is a device that raises and lowers the elevator car.. Our enterprises have not yet reached the same price-quality ratio as foreign manufacturers,"

An important problem that can stop production is the rise in price of metal, the price of which is at least 20% of the cost of the elevator.

Also, the country that owns the “second army in the world” cannot yet assemble elevators that travel faster than 4 m / s and can go over 30 stops in different directions.