BiZness as usual: 25 European companies still supplying the Russian army, 17 May 2023

Sanctions against Russian defense companies have not interfered with Western supplies – equipment is still being imported by military contractors who have escaped sanctions lists. European businessmen have continued to sell goods to Russian firms that supply the country’s army with microchips for missiles, shells, fuses, tactical boots, body armor, engines for warships, and many other goods. The Insider confirmed supplies coming in from Germany, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, Estonia, Lithuania, Austria, and Poland...

Moscow-based Stan LLC, a developer of modern numerically controlled machine tools, is part of the Rostec State Corporation. Despite Rostec being sanctioned, the German company Vansped Logistics (on behalf of Reißaus & Baumberg Maschinenbau GmbH) has already supplied Stan with technical equipment for foundries after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the ImportGenius database, deliveries were made in July 2022...

European suppliers are literally putting the boots on Russian soldiers. The Rostov-based company Donobuv directly states that it is a supplier to Russia’s Ministry of Defense on its website...

JSC Information Satellite Systems (ISS) is one of the largest contractors of Russia’s Roscosmos state corporation. ISS executes orders for the development and production of spacecraft as part of the development of the GLONASS navigation and positioning system, as well as the Gonets-M satellite communications system in the interests of the Ministry of Defense...The firm has only been sanctioned by the US, meaning it can freely import switches from the EU that are later used in the microchips of the rockets' onboard control systems. The switches are supplied by French company Radiall S.A...

The family of Rosсosmos head Yuri Borisov, who previously supervised the procurement of weapons as Russia's Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the country's Defense Ministry, controls the defense contractor JSC NTC Modul. The Defense Ministry notably purchased a neural network accelerator developed by Modul. The Russian firm buys electronic equipment in Switzerland from E-tec Interconnect AG...

The Hungarian company Aluminiumarugyar Zrt. sells gas tanks to the Russian company Rusbal, a manufacturer of inflatable models for Russia's armed forces...

The enterprise produces engines for the Russian Navy based on the D500. Kolomensky Zavod orders screw springs from Heinrich Eibach GmbH in Germany, safety valves are supplied by HOERBIGER Wien GmbH from Austria, and D49-type engines from Poland’s Piston Ring Manufacturer Prima.