Despite sanctions: the Russian Federation receives Western weapons - investigation (photo)

In particular, Australian Glock guns and AR-15 machines. In Russia, you can freely buy R8 rifles of the German manufacturer Blaser. In October 2022, the former Viceremier of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin published photos he took during a trip to the occupied part of Donetsk region, with a gun of the AR-15 and a Glock gun. In addition, Grey Zone Telegram channel published a photo of a Russian military with an American rifle on the bank of 2023.

"The Russian volunteer on the Mariinsky Front with its sniper rifle Desert Tech SRS," the message reads. The Russian military also shared an archival picture taken in the area of ​​Popasna with the American rifle. Journalists found that almost 7,300 firearms, including more than one hundred sniper rifles, were imported to Russia, almost eight million rounds of American and European manufacturers. They stressed that sanctions would prohibit the sale of weapons to Russia.

In particular, according to the Federal Department of Economics and Export Control of Germany, on February 24, 2022, no permits for the export of hunting and sports weapons to the Russian Federation were issued, but permits were issued to other countries. "Weapons did not get to Russia directly from German or other Western producers. Probably, they went by a dental route through intermediaries in other countries," the project said.

Journalists, citing Russian import statistics, stated that the Russian Federation was receiving weapons from the United States, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland. We will remind, analysts of the Institute of War Study in the report for October 6 reported that Russia was able to increase the reserves of high -precision missiles faster than expected.