Russian Dagger and Iskander manufacturers bypass sanctions by obtaining components from Europe
Contractors to companies that make Russian missiles, notably the Kinzhal and Iskander, are still getting goods from Europe and avoiding Western sanctions
The Insider found that Russian manufacturers of the Kinzhal and Iskander missiles get components from Europe despite sanctions.
The Kinzhal and Iskander missiles are manufactured by the Kolomna-based Mashinostroenie Design Bureau corporation, which is part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of Rostec State Corporation.
- For missile production, the corporation receives American microchips from Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and Altera thanks to Moscow-based ETC Electronics LLC, which imports microchips through the Chinese company ETC Electronics Limited.
- Lathes for missile production were supplied by KEB-Rus, a partner of the German company KEB, a supplier of components and developer of control systems for technological processes and equipment based on them. During the full-scale war, KEB-Rus imported, among other things, cables from Germany.
- Another supplier, Mir Stanochnik, supplied the corporation Design Bureau of Machine Building with tools from the manufacturer Sandvik, which it itself receives from IR-Logistik GMBH from Berlin.
- The Research Institute of Electronic Devices, which creates the "brains" for the Daggers, has a contractor, JSC Radiant-EK. It also supplied integrated circuits to the corporation from Kolomna. "Radiant-EK" imports coils and tapes for protective packaging of electronic components from Germany after 2022. The shipper is Advantek Gmbh.
- In deliveries to the Russian missile manufacturer, investigators say, there are also UAB Breitto from Lithuania, Baltic Shipping Agency LTD Sp. z o.o. from Poland, UAB CUST LT also from Lithuania, Hermis Ekspo SIA from Latvia, Groupe DʼInvestissement Financier SA from Belgium, Aberlink Ltd from the UK and others.
In the deliveries to the Russian missile manufacturer, as stated by the investigators, there are also UAB Breitto from Lithuania, Baltic Shipping Agency LTD Sp. z o.o. from Poland, UAB CUST LT also from Lithuania, Hermis Ekspo SIA from Latvia, Groupe DʼInvestissement Financier SA from Belgium, Aberlink Ltd from the UK and others.
Despite the sanctions, missile production in Russia has exceeded the pre-war level.
As Socialportal previously reported, Kazakhstan supports the EU decision on sanctions against Russia.