Lebedev pistols supplied en masse to Russian army this year — Kalashnikov CEO

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 12, 2026 · 159 words

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Kalashnikov Group CEO Alan Lushnikov announced that Lebedev pistols are being supplied to the Russian Armed Forces in large numbers this year. He noted that the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant remains the country's only large-scale producer of pistols, manufacturing the Makarov, Yarygin, and Lebedev models.

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Topics 2

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What happened

Lebedev pistols are being supplied in large numbers to units of the Russian Armed Forces this year, Kalashnikov Group CEO Alan Lushnikov said in an interview with TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov.

Why it matters

"Although the Defense Ministry is already purchasing these [Lebedev] pistols, we are adapting them to military requirements and will be putting them into service.

Common ground

They have found their role within our armed forces.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the 16-round modular Lebedev pistol, used by the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya)”

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While Wikipedia confirms the Lebedev pistol exists and the National Guard uses Russian equipment, none of the provided evidence mentions the specific '16-round modular' version or its specific use by the National Guard (Rosgvardiya). The search results for '16' were mathematical and irrelevant.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Palace_Taken

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The PL-15 (Russian: ПЛ-15), commonly known as the Lebedev pistol (Пистолет Лебедева, Pistolet Lebedeva), is a semi-automatic pistol produced by Russian company Kalashnikov Concern. It was designed for…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebedev_pistol

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Guard of Russia are equipped with weapons and military equipment of Soviet and Russian production.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Natio…

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Claim 2: “the compact Lebedev pistol... is in service with the Interior Ministry”

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Multiple independent sources confirm this: a Wikipedia entry for the Lebedev pistol states it was introduced into service with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a TASS report states the Interior Ministry accepted the compact pistol for service, and another web result mentions the Ministry armed itself with the pistol at the end of 2021.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Imperial Russian Navy (Russian: Российский императорский флот) operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Navy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The OTs-12 Tiss (Russian: ОЦ-12 "Тисс", lit. 'Yew') is a Russian fully automatic compact assault rifle. It is chambered for the subsonic 9×39mm round. The Tiss is meant to equip OMON and SOBR units in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTs-12_Tiss

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Claim 3: “the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (part of the Kalashnikov Group) is the only large-scale producer of pistols in the country”

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The TASS report explicitly states that the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant is the only large-scale producer of pistols in the country. While other sources confirm the plant is a major firearms manufacturer, they do not confirm it is the *only* large-scale producer of pistols.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Izhevsk is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city in Russia, and the most populous in Udmur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhevsk

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (Russian: Ижевский Механический Завод, Izhevsky Mekhanicheskiy Zavod) or IZHMEKH (ИЖМЕХ) was a major firearms manufacturer founded in Izhevsk in 1942 for manufacturing small a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhevsk_Mechanical_Plant

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JSC Kalashnikov Concern (Russian: Концерн Калашников, romanized: Kontsern Kalashnikov, IPA: [kɐnˈt͡sɛrn kɐˈɫaʂnʲɪkəf]; Udmurt: Сюлмаськон Калашников), known until 2013 as the Izhevsk Machine-Building …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalashnikov_Concern

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Claim 4: “Lebedev pistols are being supplied in large numbers to units of the Russian Armed Forces this year”

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The claim is explicitly stated in a TASS report ('Lebedev pistols supplied en masse to Russian army this year...'), but the other provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about OpenAI and unrelated Wikipedia entries. No second independent source confirms the 'large numbers' or 'this year' (2024) aspect.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Nikolayevich Lebedev (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Лебедев, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf]; born 9 April 1948) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Comm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lebedev_(politician)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, the Red Army (1918–1946) and the Soviet Army (1946–1991), were the armed forces of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Armed_Forces

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Claim 5: “The plant manufactures the legendary Makarov pistol, the Yarygin pistol, as well as its newest line--the compact Lebedev pistol”

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The TASS report explicitly lists the Makarov, Yarygin, and compact Lebedev as products of the plant. Other sources confirm the plant's general role and the existence of the Makarov, but do not explicitly list all three as current production lines of this specific plant in a single corroborating source.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Makarov Pistol (Russian: Пистолет Макарова, romanized: Pistolet Makarova, IPA: [pʲɪstɐˈlʲet mɐˈkarəvə], lit. 'Makarov's Pistol'), commonly known simply as the PM or Makarov, is a single action, se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makarov_pistol

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