He chinese regime supplies technology to Russia to continue the war in Ukraine despite the sanctions international and export controls, according to information from The Wall Street Journal.
The customs records to which the American media had access show that Chinese state defense companies send equipment of navigation, jamming technology and combat aircraft parts to Russian defense companies affected by sanctions.
The aforementioned equipment is part of the thousands of shipments of dual-use goods (products that can be used for both commercial and military purposes) that Russia imported since the beginning of the invasion in February of the year, according to customs records provided to The Wall Street Journal by C4ADS, a Washington-based NGO. The bulk of the shipments come from China, according to records.
From Moscow they deny the information disseminated by the economic newspaper. “Russia has enough technological potential to guarantee its security and carry out the special military operation. This potential is constantly being improved,” said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
Although Russia has the financial means to produce much of its basic military needs, its military is highly dependent on importsespecially dual-use technology, such as semiconductors.
attempts to USA and allies for isolate Moscow they failed to prevent Vladimir Putin continue to stock up on technological imports. Russia still enjoys the possibility of import through countries that have not shown support for Washington’s efforts for putting the Kremlin off the map. Such is the case of Turkey and United Arab Emirateswhose governments Western officials accuse of circumventing sanctions and controls, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Ankara authorities claim that the sanctions are ineffective and that they play an important role as an interlocutor with Russia.
The customs records reviewed by the US media revealed that Chinese companies – both state and private – are the main exporters of dual-use items. The outlet analyzed more than 84,000 shipments registered by the Russian customs office after the West decided to launch a campaign of economic pressure focused on products considered critical by the White House.
A large number of Russian and Chinese companies were also identified as being targeted by the United States as part of the pressure campaign on Russia.
State and private authorities maintain that the data shows how Russia is capable of eluding the West’s response to the war against Ukraine.
“Despite international scrutiny and sanctions protocols, reliable global trade data shows that Chinese state-owned defense companies continue to send military application parts to sanctioned Russian defense companies,” he said. naomi garcia, C4ADS analyst. “It has been recorded that these Russian companies use these same types of parts directly in Russia’s war in Ukraine,” he said, speaking to The Wall Street Journal.
Faced with this situation, Washington reported that it is investigating the export of prohibited products and businesses through diplomatic contacts throughout the world. He also stated that prepare sanctions against new targets which he considers facilitating Russia’s war.
About, United States sanctioned Wednesday to 22 individuals and organizations for helping the defense industry Russia to evade US sanctionsin the middle of the war in Ukraine.
The Treasury Department explained in a statement that those sanctioned have, in fact, supported Russia in the military field to avoid the sanctions imposed against it.
“Sanctioning (Russia’s) allies is one of many steps Treasury and our coalition partners have taken, and will continue to take, to strengthen enforcement of sanctions against Russia’s defense sector, its benefactors, and those who support it.” support,” said Undersecretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemoin the note.
Among those designated by Washington is the arms dealer Igor Zymenkovbased in Cyprus, and his son Jonathan for allegedly having facilitated the sale of Russian arms to governments of other countries.
Prior to the start of the invasion of Ukraine, putin and its Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinpingthey expressed their association “without limits” with the aim of countering the United States. The Beijing regime has behaved, since then, in an ambiguous way. On the one hand, it condemns the war but at the same time strengthens its diplomatic, financial and commercial ties with Moscow.
Chinese embassy spokeswoman in Washington, liu pengyudeclared to The Wall Street Journal that “The allegation that China provides ‘aid’ to Russia has no factual basis, but is purely speculative and deliberately exaggerated”.
According to US customs records, on August 31, 2022, the Chinese state-owned defense company Poly Technologies sent navigation equipment to the Russian state military export company JSC Rosoboronexport for military transport helicopters M-17.
Before that, the Chinese electronic company Fujian Nanan Baofeng Electronic Co. supplied to rosoboronexport -through an Uzbek state defense company- a telescopic antenna for the RB-531BE military vehicle, used to jam communications. In October, the Chinese state aviation AVIC International Holding Corp. Send to AO Kretsubsidiary of Rostecthe sanctioned defense giant, parts for Su-35 fighters worth $1.2 million.
Those responsible for the companies involved denied and did not acknowledge having participated in these exchanges despite the fact that, in the past, Russian officials themselves had said that they would adapt to Western sanctions by resorting to Asian countries, such as China.
Kretalong with other Russian companies that contract government intelligence, military and security services, also turned to private Chinese companies, it found The Wall Street Journal. Sinno Electronics, sanctioned by the US Treasury Department, was one of the largest exporters of the dual-use items with more than 1,300 shipments only between April and Octoberwhich translate to more than USD 2 billion.
Among these critical items supplied by China to Moscow are computer chips necessary for weapons used in Ukraine and in the electronic circuits that allow the use of geolocation, radio communication, surveillance and satellite navigation systems, the US authorities reported.
Exports of these components had more than halved after the first wave of sanctions that Washington and its allies imposed on Russia. However, by October the figure had already risen to almost 33 million dollarswhich is just below the 35 million dollars monthly that Moscow registered since the sanctions against it began in 2014 for the offensive on crimeapointed out the analysis of The Wall Street Journal based on Russian customs records and the United Nations Comtrade database.
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