Russians freely buy American and European sights to the war in Ukraine - Roszma
Yes, Espanyol's football fans and other Russian units show Kahles from Austria, Leupold and Nightforce from the United States, Holosun from the US and China, Swarovski Optik from Austria in the videos placed on YouTube. Customs data show that in Russia imported sights for 16 billion rubles in 2022-2023, officially for "installation on hunting weapons" and "not for military use". However, videos on YouTube indicate that some of them still get to the front to Ukraine, Russian journalists say.
Among the largest importers for hunting in Russia are the online store "Poter" and "Navigator". During the war, it brought more than 50,000 to the Chinese-Chinese Holosun for the amount of more than 3 billion rubles, and the total volume of hunting and sports goods, many of which can be used at the front, reached 17 billion rubles. According to Russian journalists, among its buyers were such arms companies as Orsis rifles, Promtechnology, and Hunt shop, which is owned by Bespoke Gun rifles.
Since the beginning of a full-scale war, the Moscow online store has imported on a full-scale war by about 400 million rubles, including more than 2 thousand Holosun. Among its buyers were companies such as St. Petersburg "Technology", related to the late owner of Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin, a Bespoke Gun armed company, LOBAEV ARMS rifles manufacturer - "Design Bureau of Integrated Systems".
Journalists have found that the import of these sights into Russia is parallel import, and manufacturers are most likely not to know where their goods get. Yes, Pointer uses intermediaries in China, "Navigator" - in Turkey and Kazakhstan. We will remind, in November it was reported that the Russian technology university in Moscow bypassing sanctions bought for 4. 5 million rubles the Canadian radar Skyeye to detect drones.