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How Russia's military-industrial complex evades international sanctions

Investigation

How Russia's military-industrial complex evades international sanctions

Investigation

How Russia's military-industrial complex evades international sanctions

Explosive growth: Russia has tripled explosives production but still depends on ammunition from North Korea

Andrey Zayakin

Drone power: Russia is building a lithium-ion battery industry for UAVs using Chinese and Korean materials

Andrey Zayakin

Letting the genie out of the bottleneck: Russia is ramping up mass production of drone motors

Andrey Zayakin

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Ryan X

Beryllium on the radar: Kazakhstan has become an indispensable supplier of materials to the Russian defense industry

Andrey Zayakin

U.S.-made Rogers laminates, used in the manufacture of military radars and jammers, continue to reach Russia via China

The Insider

Czech corporation Alta continues to service Moscow’s weapons manufacturers through Russian entities, investigation finds

The Insider

The Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in China

Andrey Zayakin

Meet the Pentagon contractor openly offering advice to Russian sniper rifle manufacturers

The Insider

Covering their trail: Russia’s customs service has started concealing data on sanctioned imports

Andrey Zayakin

Substance dependence: Russia’s military-industrial complex still relies on imported chemicals, including some from the West

Andrey Zayakin

Kremlin customer service: The Insider identifies the top 30 customs brokers facilitating sanctioned imports to Russia

Andrey Zayakin

In 2024, Russia relied on South Korea’s YG-1 for $13M in defense-grade tooling

The Insider

German lubricant supplier Addinol sees Russian profits soar thanks to its products’ critical importance for defense enterprises

The Insider

Tightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex

Andrey Zayakin

Russian businessman extradited to Estonia for selling $50 million worth of foreign equipment to Russian defense enterprises

The Insider

German and Swedish coordinate measuring machines critical to defense industry continued to flow to Russia in 2024

The Insider

Russian military antennas contain Taiwanese and Irish-made components, imported despite sanctions

The Insider

Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine

Andrey Zayakin

Shooting Ukraine in the back: Sniper rifles and ammunition from the EU and U.S. are being supplied to Russia despite sanctions

Sergey Panov

All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

Andrey Zayakin

Deafening success: Precision equipment for electronic warfare continues flowing to Russia from the West despite sanctions

Andrey Zayakin

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Timur Olevsky

No go for Moscow: Russia’s military-industrial complex keeps trying to order key equipment from Taiwan but vigilant banks stop exports

Andrey Zayakin

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Yian Lee

Worth their weight in tantalum: Indispensable capacitors for missiles and drones make their way into Russia via Lithuania and China

Andrey Zayakin

Skolkovo DIY: How Russia manufactures FPV drones to kill Ukrainians

Dada Lyndell

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Andrey Zayakin

Catching spiders: Russia’s drone companies and sanctions evasion

Nikolay Staykov

Should I stay or should I go? German drill manufacturer announced withdrawal from Russia, but supplies of its production continued

Andrey Zayakin

Taiwan has become the Russian arms industry’s main source for high precision machine tools

Andrey Zayakin

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Yian Lee

Russian Military Supplies Re-Routed via China

Andrey Zayakin

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Mikhail Klimarev

Sanction-dodging armor: Which Western countries are helping Russia make Armata and Proryv tanks

Sergei Ezhov

New U.S. sanctions to halt South Korea's machine tool supply to Russian arms manufacturers

The Insider

Sanctions hit the bull’s eye: FBI traps and arrests Russian businessman supplying displays to the military

Andrey Zayakin

Killjoy alert: Europe keeps supplying equipment and components to Russian missile manufacturers

Sergei Ezhov

Justice served? Swiss Attorney General's Office turns blind eye to machinery supplies for Russian military plant

Andrey Zayakin

Anti-Russia feels, dual-use deals: Latvian firms supply Russian army with microchips despite sanctions

Andrey Zayakin

Short circuit: How Europe turns a blind eye to Russia smuggling dual-use microchips

Michael Weiss

Zorba the thief: How the Serniya smuggling network and a Greek mathematician helped the FSB buy military technology

The Insider