The sales material from Ridan - now removed from their website - also states that Danfoss has supplied heat exchangers to the company Zvezda in connection with project 20386, which is the above-mentioned missile corvette. Danfoss confirms that Ridan has supplied the products to Zvezda, but will neither confirm nor deny whether the heat exchangers were part of the project.
"We can confirm that, in 2016, Ridan sold heat exchangers to the company Zvezda, but we cannot confirm that they were delivered to this project number."
In another email regarding project 20386 Danfoss wrote:
"I apologise if we were unclear about 20386. The project is from 2016. The project has not yet been completed, and, as with the others, Ridan does not know when or if it will ever be completed."
Danfoss also added that "there is a discrepancy between the data in Ridan's sales material."
Furthermore, Danfoss reported on two other projects:
"Only two ships with our heat exchangers have been completed. One is a rescue vessel, designed for fire fighting in the Caspian Sea, where the shipyard was also located . The other is a hydrographic survey vessel for mapping the seabed."
Danfoss announced in a press release on 1 April this year that it is preparing to exit from Russia and Belarus.
"Our thoughts remain with the Ukrainian people and all others suffering from this war. Our first priority remains the safety of our Ukrainian team and their families."
"After suspending our operations in Russia on 28 February and in Ukraine on 4 March, we have continued to monitor the situation. Given the impact of the sanctions, supply chain disruptions and other logistical challenges, we have decided to make a controlled exit from Russia and Belarus."
In light of the earlier announcement of an exit, Danfoss stated in an email that:
"I can also confirm that Ridan is part of the ongoing sale of our Russian business."