An elaborate network of intermediaries means Russia can lay its hands on vital bits of Western technology.
Local residents stand outside an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk regionOn Tuesday, the UK government announced what it described as the "largest ever UK action" targeting Russia's access to foreign military supplies.The Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, said the measures would "further diminish Russia's arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin's now struggling defence industry.
In June, Kyiv's KSE Institute, in association with the Yermak-McFaul International Working Group on Russian Sanctions, analysed 1,057 separate foreign components found in 58 pieces of captured Russian weaponry.The top five manufacturers were all American, including Analogue Devices, Texas Instruments and Intel.
According to the KSE & Yermak McFaul report: "There are numerous companies…willing to take substantial risks to fulfil Russian procurement demands." In May, the UK, EU and US jointly published a list of 38 "common high priority items" and warned companies to "undertake due diligence to ensure that the end destination of these products is not Russia."
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