17 Sep 2024
Foreign technology fuelling Russia's war in Ukraine
After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, major tech-manufacturing countries imposed export controls and sanctions on various products critical to the Russian defence sector. However, the Russian Government has found ways to circumvent these restrictions, importing semiconductors, electrical components, and other machine tools through Central Asia, China, Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, to name a few.
According to numerous investigations and reports, missiles used in attacks on Ukraine contain products made by companies from various countries, including Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK, the USA.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reaches out to companies whose products were reportedly found in Russian weapons or whose equipment was reportedly used to make weapons inviting them to respond to the allegations. All company responses and non-responses are available on our website.