Why was the inventor of secret weapons executed in the USSR? Boris Egorov Sep 23 2026 History

https://www.gw2ru.com/history/256559-why-was-the-inventor-of-secret-weapons-executed-in-the-ussr Vladimir Bekauri received vast sums of money for his research. Equipment, airfields and testing grounds were all placed at his disposal at a moment's notice. Remote-controlled tanks, aircraft, armored trains, submarines and pillboxes – these were the projects being developed by the ‘Specific Technical Bureau for Military Inventions for Special Purposes’ (‘Ostekhburo’). It was led by an engineer named Vladimir Bekauri.