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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery

IStories' reveals how Russia acquires foreign components and machinery to continue producing weapons for the war in Ukraine. More than 60 individuals and entities from our investigations have already been sanctioned.

18 February
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
Bypassing Sanctions: How British Company Renishaw Assists the Russian Army
Russian defense manufacturing plants benefit from British measuring equipment and software systems
7 March
Anastasia Korotkova
Bypassing Sanctions: How British Company Renishaw Assists the Russian Army
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
Central Asian Cotton Powers Russia’s Sanctioned Gunpowder Plants
Sanctions have complicated Russia’s effort to secure foreign-made military technology. But when it comes to sourcing the inputs for gunpowder — the explosive powering the army’s relentless artillery fire — Moscow can still rely on two Central Asian neighbors who have ramped up exports of cotton pulp, a key ingredient, since the invasion
21 December
Metin Kazama, Olga Loginova, Maria Zholobova
Central Asian Cotton Powers Russia’s Sanctioned Gunpowder Plants
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
“It’s Not Hard to Evade Sanctions”
How does Russia keep producing advanced weapons in the face of sanctions? An export control expert from the USA explains
14 February
Maria Zholobova
“It’s Not Hard to Evade Sanctions”
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
Why Russian Airplanes Keep Flying despite the Imposed Sanctions
IStories found suppliers of original spare parts for Boeing and Airbus to Russia in the United Arab Emirates, China, Turkey and even in Europe
12 September
Roman Romanovskiy, Lizaveta Tsybulina
Why Russian Airplanes Keep Flying despite the Imposed Sanctions
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
Components for One of the Deadliest Russian Missiles, Kalibr, are Being Supplied to Russia despite the Sanctions
An investigation about Inkotech, yet another supplier of contraband microelectronics for Russian weapons
26 October
Maria Zholobova
Components for One of the Deadliest Russian Missiles, Kalibr, are Being Supplied to Russia despite the Sanctions
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
The West Has Banned the Sale of Components for Weapons Production to Russia. But Russia’s Main Weapons Manufacturer, Rostec, Is Still Buying Them
IStories recently published a story about how the West supplies components for Russian Orlan drones. Now, we reveal how Rostec purchases Western components for electronic warfare systems that destroy Ukrainian defenses.
25 January
Maria Zholobova
The West Has Banned the Sale of Components for Weapons Production to Russia. But Russia’s Main Weapons Manufacturer, Rostec, Is Still Buying Them
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
The West Has Banned the Sale of Components for Weapons Production to Russia. But Russia Is Still Buying Them
During the course of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Western companies have supplied Russia with components to produce Orlan drones that help kill Ukrainians. An investigation by IStories, Reuters and the Royal United Services Institute
15 December
Maria Zholobova, Stephen Grey, Maurice Tamman
The West Has Banned the Sale of Components for Weapons Production to Russia. But Russia Is Still Buying Them
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
The Family of the Russian Suicide Drones’ Creator Owns Real Estate in the “Unfriendly” UK
While designer Alexander Zakharov equips the Russian army with Lancets, his son Lavrentiy Zakharov works at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
19 July
Roman Romanovskiy
The Family of the Russian Suicide Drones’ Creator Owns Real Estate in the “Unfriendly” UK
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
Who, How and Where Buys Components for the Deadliest Suicide Drones in the Russian Army
Sanctions can’t stop Russia from importing products needed for ZALA Lancet. An investigation by IStories
13 June
Roman Romanovskiy
Who, How and Where Buys Components for the Deadliest Suicide Drones in the Russian Army
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
How Russia Imports Machinery for Arms Production and Can It Be Stopped
IStories revealed imports worth over 6 billion rubles in 2023
17 April
Anastasia Korotkova
How Russia Imports Machinery for Arms Production and Can It Be Stopped
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How Russia Imports Foreign Components and Machinery
Kazakhstan Has Become a Pathway for the Supply of Russia’s War Machine. Here’s How It Works
Western sanctions are meant to prevent Russia from supplying its military from abroad, but sensitive electronics are still getting through. Reporters traced several of these supply chains through Kazakhstan — and found that they run through companies newly established by Russians.
19 May
Maria Zholobova, Benjamin Bidder, Ilya Lozovsky, Vyacheslav Abramov
Kazakhstan Has Become a Pathway for the Supply of Russia’s War Machine. Here’s How It Works
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