Putin humiliated as Russia’s only TV company goes bankrupt - £38.3m in debt

The company's revenue has plummeted in recent years due to sanctions. 13:49, Wed, Aug 5, 2026 Updated: 13:49, Wed, Aug 5, 2026 The company's revenue has plummeted in recent years due to sanctions (Image: Getty)Vladimir Putin has been dealt yet another major blow as Russia’s only domestic television manufacturer has been declared bankrupt. Consumer electronics retailer DNS filed a bankruptcy petition against the manufacturer, Kvant, last June over an unpaid debt of more than 654 million rubles (£6million).DNS owns the in-house TV and electronics brand Irbis, which Kvant stopped producing last year due to high costs and low demand. Following DNS’s initial petition, 24 additional creditors joined the bankruptcy proceedings against Kvant, the only Russian TV maker registered with the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. Court-approved claims have pushed Kvant’s total debt load to 4.15 billion rubles (£38million), with Sberbank and Yandex listed among its largest creditors.Kvant is Russia's only domestic television manufacturer (Image: Getty)Founded in 2016 in the Moscow suburb of Zelenograd, Kvant saw its business model unravel in 2024 when Chinese suppliers TCL and Xiaomi halted ...