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“The photo of the cartridge with the inscription> Made in Poland

On Tuesday, August 11, Polish the photo of the husk circulated on the internet , coming from the riot site in Minsk, Belarus. There is an inscription “Made in Poland” on the white shell of the smoothbore shotgun bullet. The photo caused a heated discussion on the Internet, because the sale of weapons and ammunition to Belarus has been covered by the European Union embargo since 2011.

The producer of the cartridge from which the casing comes from is probably Fabryka Amunicja Myśliwskiej Fam-Pionki. This is suggested by the markings on the case, which is admitted by the management of the factory in published statement . The Management Board also informs that according to the data held by the current owners of the company and the current Fam-Pionki Management Board (the ownership change and management change took place in 2013/2014), it results that Fam-Pionki did not sell this type of ammunition to any country covered by the embargo on trade in weapons or ammunition – in particular in Belarus – both before and after the introduction of the embargo.

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