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The Russian Federation is actively using gaps in EU and US sanctions on weapons,...

The Russian Federation has received the EU and the USA rifle for almost 200 million: investigators found ways of supply

The Russian Federation is actively using gaps in EU and US sanctions on weapons, investigators wrote. Thanks to these gaps of rifles, carbines, cartridges, binoculars, they travel through Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan without obstacles. The Western partners of Ukraine have imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation, and since 2014, the Russians have banned the purchase of weapons abroad.

At the same time, at the landfills of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian exhibitions of weapons continue to appear rifles and rifles, which came, for example, from the US, Italy, Luxembourg. One Moscow company imported weapons in 2023 by almost 200 million rubles.

As the Russian Federation gets Western rifles and carbines, the investigation of The Insider, journalists at first explained what is the peculiarity of imposing sanctions on the Russian Federation on the third year of the war to buy Western rifles, carbines, sniper rifles, optoika, and more in the third year of the war. In the article, this feature was called "a hole in sanctions with the size of a customs union".

The decision on embargo on weapons to the EU was introduced in 2014, but it has two problems. The first problem was allowed to bring weapons, which was agreed by August 1, 2014. The second is the absence of any control over the neighbors of the Russian Federation and the lack of punishment.

That is, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, who are in the Customs Union with the Russian Federation, imported weapons of Western producers, and then without restrictions were taken to the Russians, it is said in the investigation. The article shows an infographic with data on the sudden increase in weapons imports into the countries listed. Infographic shows that the leader of weapons export - Georgia: in 2022 it three times exceeded the closest competitor, Kazakhstan.

Investigators also analyzed data on the supply of US weapons, EU countries, Turkey to the neighboring countries of the Russian Federation. For example, in Kazakhstan, Turkey is especially noted on the schedules of Armenia - Italy. In open sources, in particular, in Russian military channels, as well as in video exhibitions and military exercises of the Russian Federation, investigators found different weapons that got into the hands of the Russians.

It is called, for example, the following examples: one of these companies, ABF contacted, for example, with the company "Varangian" in the Russian Federation. And Varang, in turn, in 2023 visa of US and European weapons and had a turnover of 175. 5 million rubles. As a result, investigators listed the companies involved in the supply of weapons of the Russian Federation, and explained that they turned to them for comment, but did not receive answers.

The summary list includes eight positions: "Alliance", Mepta, Ceska Zbroevka, Sellier Bellot, Desert Tech, Cors, ABF Inc and Hans Wrage. It should be noted that on December 9, Bloomberg spoke about an American electronics company. The products of this company were found in the "dagger" missiles, which the Russians with firing in Ukrainians.