The Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in China
11 March 2026
Investigations
How Russia's military-industrial complex evades international sanctions
Meet the Pentagon contractor openly offering advice to Russian sniper rifle manufacturers
27 February 2026
Covering their trail: Russia’s customs service has started concealing data on sanctioned imports
25 December 2025
Substance dependence: Russia’s military-industrial complex still relies on imported chemicals, including some from the West
10 December 2025
Kremlin customer service: The Insider identifies the top 30 customs brokers facilitating sanctioned imports to Russia
31 October 2025
In 2024, Russia relied on South Korea’s YG-1 for $13M in defense-grade tooling
10 June 2025
German lubricant supplier Addinol sees Russian profits soar thanks to its products’ critical importance for defense enterprises
9 June 2025
Tightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex
10 April 2025
Russian businessman extradited to Estonia for selling $50 million worth of foreign equipment to Russian defense enterprises
27 February 2025
German and Swedish coordinate measuring machines critical to defense industry continued to flow to Russia in 2024
27 February 2025
Russian military antennas contain Taiwanese and Irish-made components, imported despite sanctions
14 January 2025
Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine
8 January 2025
Shooting Ukraine in the back: Sniper rifles and ammunition from the EU and U.S. are being supplied to Russia despite sanctions
13 December 2024
All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia
7 December 2024
Deafening success: Precision equipment for electronic warfare continues flowing to Russia from the West despite sanctions
4 October 2024
No go for Moscow: Russia’s military-industrial complex keeps trying to order key equipment from Taiwan but vigilant banks stop exports
15 July 2024
Worth their weight in tantalum: Indispensable capacitors for missiles and drones make their way into Russia via Lithuania and China
30 April 2024
Skolkovo DIY: How Russia manufactures FPV drones to kill Ukrainians
9 April 2024
Catching spiders: Russia’s drone companies and sanctions evasion
19 February 2024
Should I stay or should I go? German drill manufacturer announced withdrawal from Russia, but supplies of its production continued
15 February 2024
Taiwan has become the Russian arms industry’s main source for high precision machine tools
26 January 2024
Russian Military Supplies Re-Routed via China
10 January 2024
Sanction-dodging armor: Which Western countries are helping Russia make Armata and Proryv tanks
20 December 2023
New U.S. sanctions to halt South Korea's machine tool supply to Russian arms manufacturers
3 November 2023
Sanctions hit the bull’s eye: FBI traps and arrests Russian businessman supplying displays to the military
1 November 2023
Killjoy alert: Europe keeps supplying equipment and components to Russian missile manufacturers
25 October 2023
Justice served? Swiss Attorney General's Office turns blind eye to machinery supplies for Russian military plant
21 September 2023
Anti-Russia feels, dual-use deals: Latvian firms supply Russian army with microchips despite sanctions
19 September 2023
Short circuit. How Europe turns a blind eye to Russia smuggling dual-use microchips
21 August 2023
Zorba the thief: How the Serniya smuggling network and a Greek mathematician helped the FSB buy military technology
1 August 2023
BuZiness as usual: 25 European companies still supplying the Russian army
17 May 2023
Killer aid. How German “charities” supply the Russian army through neo-Nazis
3 April 2023
Special Op Shop 2: Why Auchan's management is lying about not providing aid to the Russian military
3 March 2023
Special Op Shop: How Auchan supplies the Russian military and sends its own employees to war
17 February 2023
Crime and circuit boards. How Russia works around sanctions to procure microchips for missiles
25 January 2023