Victor Vekselberg is the individual that made this happen, he's very close with the PM. He's also the head of the Renova Group who are Russian government backed

Victor Vekselberg is the individual that made this happen, he's very close with the PM. He's also the head of the Renova Group who are Russian government backed who had the power to choose the supplier. Originally the plan was to develop this in-house.. Didn't turn out too well. Medtronic is the US company (Ireland HQ of course..) partnered with them. Sources (conveniently removed, Google cache version): http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YVnPx9aaAdYJ:sevendaynews.com/2016/06/01/global-manufacturer-of-medical-devices-has-become-a-partner-of-vekselberg/ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YVnPx9a... Victor's relationship with PM: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-russia-vekselberg-pm-idUKKCN11Q288 http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-russia-vekselberg-pm-idUKKC...