According to the publication, we are sometimes talking about relatively simple microchips for use in unmanned aerial vehicles, and sometimes more complex components that can be used to control cruise missiles.
Bypassing the sanctions, Russia will likely buy microelectronics from German companies by now. Spiegel writes about it on May 19.
The products are used to support the Russian military-industrial complex.
Sometimes we are talking about relatively simple microchips for use in drones, sometimes we are talking about more complex components that can be used to control cruise missiles.
As noted, Elix-St alone has sent dozens of deliveries to Kazakhstan after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, totaling over 800,000 euros.
According to journalists, the German authorities are aware of these exports, but so far they have not been interested. But these agreements should attract attention, because in the period from 2018 to 2021 the company supplied products directly to Russia and did not export any goods to Kazakhstan. The company denies claims that it circumvented sanctions, arguing that it had no knowledge that the goods were sent to Kazakhstan and forwarded to Russia.
On May 8, the publication wrote that after the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions on Russia, the volume of exports of goods from Germany to the CIS countries increased at least twice.
Recall that in April, the Financial Times reported that the United States and some other allies were considering the possibility of almost completely stopping exports to Russia.
It was learned that on February 24, 2023, the European Union countries agreed on the 10th package of sanctions against Russia. The Swedish representation in the EU explained what exactly is included in the new sanctions package.
We also remember that the Russian Federation was excluded from the FATF. Thus, the International Anti-Money Laundering Group (FATF) ignored Ukraine’s request to add Russia to its blacklist of high-risk countries.
Source: Focus
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