{"id":583715,"date":"2026-10-01T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=583715"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:59:55","slug":"romanian-politician-and-former-drilling-equipment-plant-director-detained-in-probe-into-machine-tool-shipment-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/romanian-politician-and-former-drilling-equipment-plant-director-detained-in-probe-into-machine-tool-shipment-to-belarus","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Politician and Former Drilling Equipment Plant Director Detained in Probe Into Machine Tool Shipment to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Romanian authorities have detained Alexandru Munteanu<\/strong>, deputy head of the Save Romania Union (USR) party organisation in D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba County, and Evgenii Poliakov<\/strong>, former director of drilling equipment manufacturer UPET. G4Media reported this, citing sources.<\/p>\n

According to the outlet, the detentions took place on the morning of Thursday, October 1. The case is being handled by Romania\u2019s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).<\/p>\n

G4Media\u2019s sources claim that Munteanu and other individuals involved in the case attempted to ship a VL40 vertical lathe worth approximately \u20ac1.7 million to Belarus through intermediaries. Such equipment can be used to manufacture military equipment.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors are investigating alleged violations and circumvention of international sanctions imposed by the European Union, as well as the sale, transfer and export of dual-use goods.<\/p>\n

According to information from the Trade Register cited by G4Media, Munteanu is a co-owner of two companies. Sources cited by the outlet say that one of them is involved in the transaction under investigation.<\/p>\n

USR said that Munteanu is a member of the T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te local council and deputy head of the party organisation in D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba County. He holds Romanian and Moldovan citizenship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the allegations brought against him by DIICOT are confirmed, measures provided for in the party\u2019s statutes will be taken, up to and including his expulsion from USR,\u201d<\/i> the party said in a statement.<\/p>\n

USR also noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by party representative Oana \u021aoiu<\/strong>, initiated legislation introducing criminal liability for violations of embargoes and the circumvention of international sanctions, including restrictions against Russia.<\/p>\n

UPET is a company based in the Romanian city of T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te that manufactures mobile drilling rigs, well-servicing rigs and other oil and gas equipment. The company also provides maintenance and modernisation services, according to its official website.<\/p>\n

The G4Media report does not specify Poliakov\u2019s role or say that UPET was involved in the alleged shipment. The recipient of the machine tool in Belarus has also not been identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romanian authorities have detained Alexandru Munteanu, deputy head of the Save Romania Union (USR) party organisation in D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba County, and Evgenii Poliakov, former director of drilling equipment manufacturer UPET. G4Media reported this, citing sources. According to the outlet, the detentions took place on the morning of Thursday, October 1. The case is being handled by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":583714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6abe12ff2753a.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Romanian Politician and Former Drilling Equipment Plant Director Detained in Probe Into Machine Tool Shipment to Belarus"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143090],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-politics"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583716,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583715\/revisions\/583716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}