Son of drone designer interned at UN

Monday, 7 August 2023 06:30

Lavrentii Zakharov (c) UNIDIR/IMPORTANT STORIES

The UN in Geneva has confirmed it did employ an intern who is the son of a Russian weapons designer at the UN Institute of Disarmament Research.

It’s also being reported that 24-year-old Lavrentii Zakharov has worked at several other UN agencies.

Lavrentii’s father, is Alexander Zakharov - he designed the highly effective ‘Lancet’ drone which is being used in Ukraine.

It’s assumed Switzerland must have issued a visa to the intern – although the State Secretariat for Migration is refusing to comment.

To add to the irony of Lavrentii working for a UN disarmament unit, the company his father works for is part of the Kalashnikov group, makers of the famous rifle.

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