Confiscated "enemy West" equipment was handed over to pro-government activists in Buryatia.

More than a dozen iPhones and one MacBook with a total value of more than 1,3 million rubles handed over to the local branch of the People's Front. The equipment was confiscated from a citizen. Mongolia, when she tried to smuggle it under the bumper of her car through a checkpoint in Kyakhta, Buryatia.

"She did not declare the phones and MacBook. <> The quantity and estimated value of the goods indicate their commercial nature," customs officials reported.

Journalists from the Siberian Express found a solution Kyakhta District Court in the case of a Mongolian citizen Tsetsegee Gantulga. The total value of her equipment—iPhones 13, 14, and 15, and one MacBook—was exactly the same as stated in the customs press release. The court ordered this equipment transferred to federal ownership.

"Buryat Customs works closely with the People's Front; this year, Customs is already handing over a second batch of confiscated phones. The total value of the goods handed over is more than 2,2 million rubles, "—the customs service boasted. "In addition, a Gazelle cargo-passenger van from the customs service's fleet was transferred to the public organization for the needs of the SVO."

The "People's Front 'For Russia'" public movement was created at the instigation of Vladimir Putin. However, it is not a state-run movement. Its charter states that it was formed "at the initiative of citizens united in the interests of achieving the movement's goals."