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a tl;dr would be something like this:
- The previous administration organized a public tender in 2019 for purchasing 40 18m-long trams, with the possibility of buying another 60 m, which was won by a company called Electroputere VFU Pașcani. In an informative note, deputy director of Electroputere Claudiu Hîrbu declares that the trams will be produced by a company called PK Transport Systems, headquartered in Moscow. Of course, as you have noticed already, the bid was attributed before the 2022 escalation of the Russian invasion.
- Due to other acquisitions and low money, STB tried to cancel the agreement with Electroputere, but Electroputere went to court and won, after a lengthy trial, so now STB (the public transit authority in Bucharest) is forced to buy them. One of these trams is worth 1.55 mln. €.
- Leaving the geopolitics aside, STB also purchased 100 36m-long trams (so twice as long) from a local manufacturer called Astra, all produced locally but with a Siemens license, worth 1.69 mln. €. These have the same power consumption as the trams that are due to arrive from Russia.
- This acquisition has a high chance of getting through, as Russian trams and other rolling stock are not prohibited from purchase by the EU!
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