Ajax Products Remain in Russia: UA.News Reaches Out to the Temporary Investigation Commission, the State Financial Monitoring Service, and Banks
The Ukrainian company Ajax Systems claims to operate in international markets, but according to data compiled by UA.NEWS, the brand’s products continue to appear in Russia. The editorial team sent an official request to the Verkhovna Rada’s Temporary Investigation Commission, the National Bank of Ukraine, the State Financial Monitoring Service, and banks, asking them to investigate the company’s financial transactions and business partners. This concerns not only the sale of equipment but also its technical support and use in Russian security systems.
Enhanced Financial Monitoring and Counterparty Verification
In its appeal to the Temporary Investigative Commission and financial regulators, the UA.NEWS editorial team requests that a risk-based approach be applied to transactions involving Ajax Systems’ counterparties. This involves the need to thoroughly examine supply chains, the structure of counterparties, and the nature of their financial transactions for possible links to the Russian market.
Journalists also highlight the need to verify whether the companies’ actual financial transactions correspond to their stated areas of activity and trade routes, as well as whether the participants in these transactions comply with anti-money laundering legislation.
Separately, the editorial team contacted OTP Bank JSC, the servicing bank, requesting an assessment of the need to apply Enhanced Due Diligence. Specifically, the bank is asked to determine whether there are any indications that clients are affiliated with legal entities or individuals who continue to operate in the Russian Federation, and to assess the associated financial risks.
If an unacceptably high level of risk is confirmed, the editorial team urges the bank to apply the measures provided for by law—up to and including the termination of business relations or the refusal to conduct certain financial transactions.
Commercial Presence in Russia and Special Versions of Equipment
The basis for this journalistic investigation was data that casts doubt on Ajax Systems’ claim that it exited the Russian market in the spring of 2022. According to information gathered by UA.News journalists, as of the summer of 2026, Ajax products continue to be sold in Russia through at least ten independent distribution channels in various regions of the country. In addition, the brand’s equipment is featured in dedicated brand sections on Russia’s largest marketplaces, Ozon and Wildberries.
A separate issue is the availability on Russian platforms of Ajax devices in a special “RU frequency” version—868.7–869.2 MHz. This point is of fundamental importance: the radio module’s operating frequency range is determined at the hardware level during the manufacturing stage. In other words, this is not simply a matter of products that ended up on the Russian market through resale, but rather equipment whose technical specifications meet the requirements of a specific radio frequency region.
Consequently, the presence of such devices may indicate that the equipment was specifically manufactured for the Russian market. It is precisely this issue that our editorial team proposes to investigate—specifically, to determine the origin of the devices, the supply chain leading to the Russian Federation, and who is responsible for their distribution and technical support within the territory of the aggressor state.
Integration with the Russian National Guard and Maintenance of Cloud Support
A separate cause for concern is that, according to available technical data, Ajax equipment operating in Russia has not lost full access to the manufacturer’s service infrastructure. Central hubs remain connected to the Ajax Cloud and receive updates to the Malevich operating system, including those released after the start of the full-scale invasion. At the same time, as noted in the investigation’s findings, international security system manufacturers have, in similar situations, completely cut off server support for Russian accounts.
An even more sensitive issue is the use of Ajax equipment in security systems linked to Russian law enforcement agencies. Journalists discovered advertisements from Russian private security firms—specifically in Volgograd and St. Petersburg—offering to install Ajax equipment connected to the 24/7 response centers of Rosgvardia units.
Thus, this is no longer merely a matter of the potential sale of Ukrainian equipment in Russia, but of its subsequent operation, updating, and use within the Russian security system.
Separately, the analysis of customs declarations cited in the investigation points to the likely use of transit companies in the jurisdictions of the UAE and Kazakhstan to supply products to the Russian Federation. This issue also requires verification—primarily to determine the actual route of the goods, their suppliers, and final recipients.
