Recent reports have highlighted a significant increase in Russia's importation of dual-use goods, such as drones and computer chips of American origin, from China through Central Asian trade routes. These imports, which have risen to $1.3 billion in 2023, marking a 64% increase, are enabling Russia to manufacture military equipment including missiles and drones. The trade routes passing through countries like Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are facilitating the flow of these sanctioned electronics into Russia. This development comes two years after the invasion of Ukraine and poses a challenge to efforts aimed at restricting supplies to Moscow's war effort. Furthermore, a Senate investigative committee has uncovered new evidence of American technology being used to enable Russia’s war in Ukraine, with over 300 U.S. companies still operating in Russia, potentially complicit in the Kremlin’s war crimes.
U.S. tech helps fuel Russia’s war; weapons components evade sanctions, used to kill Ukrainians https://t.co/NXuPdrwigX https://t.co/exKzzk0z7X
"Over 300 U.S. companies still operate in Russia—and risk being complicit in the Kremlin’s war crimes," @B4Ukraine's Bennett Freeman and Nataliia Popovych write in a new commentary. https://t.co/387jIkg1Db
A Senate investigative committee has uncovered what lawmakers say is new evidence of American technology enabling Russia’s war in Ukraine. #TWTFrontPage https://t.co/PFL1rUtUzW
Two years after the invasion of Ukraine, drones and U.S.-made computer chips are reportedly flowing from China to Russia through Central Asian trade routes, highlighting the challenge of restricting supplies to Moscow's war effort. Trade routes passing through Kazakhstan and… https://t.co/wm7oiSp4Xp
Sanctioned electronics such as microchips are increasingly flowing to Russia from China via Central Asian trade routes Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan are among the many paths into Russia for so-called dual-use goods Exports of the targeted goods rose to $1.3 billion in 2023, up 64%… https://t.co/i8StIiETIY
⚡️#Russia is increasing its import of dual-use goods, such as drones or computer chips of American origin, from #China through Central Asian trade routes, The WSJ reported. These goods are enabling #Moscow to manufacture missiles, drones, and various other military equipment. https://t.co/5ljX6022K4