Quantum, LLC

History

2025: Criminal case on salary debts

Law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against the Russian manufacturer of electronic equipment LLC Kvant on the fact of a long delay in wages for employees. The company owes employees about ₽61 million and has not paid salaries since December 2024. This became known on July 16, 2025.

According to CNews with reference to the Zelenograd prosecutor's office, a criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Article 145.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for liability for full non-payment of wages for more than two months, committed out of selfish or other personal interest by the head of the organization. The maximum fine under this article is ₽500 thousand, which is 122 times less than the plant's debt to employees.

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In three months - from April to July 2025 - 24 civil lawsuits were filed against Kvant to recover wages, according to statistics from the Moscow City Court. Eight claims were partially satisfied, one lawsuit was discontinued, the remaining 15 cases continue to be considered in court.

One of the typical cases was the situation with the former collector of electronic equipment, with which the company terminated the employment contract in early March, but did not make a final calculation on the day of dismissal. The plant owed this employee wages for three months, but subsequently settled the issue in pre-trial order, paying the funds due and additional compensation.

Two lawsuits were filed against Kvant to declare him bankrupt in the Moscow Arbitration Court. The first plaintiff is the Zelenograd inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service, the second is the company DNS Retail LLC, known as the network of DNS technology stores.

DNS accuses Quantum of disrupting equipment supplies in 2024. The plant did not supply DNS with a batch of 5000 monitors, although the parties have collaborated since 2017. The retailer terminated the contract with Quantum and went to court for compensation for overpayment in the amount of ₽654,5 million.^[1]

2021: Yandex received 19% of Kvant on bail

On April 5, 2021, it became known that Yandex received 19% of the Kvant TV manufacturer on bail. We are talking about a corporate loan within the framework of cooperation between companies, the only owner and general director of the company, Mikhail Etonov, who acted as a pledger under this agreement, told Kommersant.

He noted that Quantum, among other things, produces motherboards for, Smart TV where ON Yandex is also loaded. A newspaper source in one of the major distributors electronic engineers estimated Kvant's share in the Russian TV market at 25-30%. He added that the company planned to expand production amid growing demand for. digital TV

Yandex secured 19% of Kvant, which develops TVs

In case of non-payment of the loan, Kvant's share will go to Yandex, says Dmitry Kolesov, director of the TV and content department at J'son & Partners Consulting. He admits that obtaining a share in the enterprise is the goal of Yandex: this would allow you to control the assembly and subsequent logistics. Yandex plans to release a new product for Smart TV, an informant familiar with the company's plans told the publication.

The head of the analytical center of the GS Group holding, Alexander Surkov, believes that Yandex can promote its services to Xiaomi TVs with Smart TVs (since 2019, Quantum has been assembling such equipment for Xiaomi) - the company could lend to Quantum for a new assembly line. Money was also needed for the purchase of licenses. The total loan size could be several hundred million rubles, he added.

Earlier, the network M of Video El Dorado"" began selling smart TVs under the firmware brand Novex from Yandex, released them "Quantum." According to J'son & Partners Consulting forecasts, by 2023 Russia will have about 41.3 million Smart TVs in operation.^[2]

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