US President Joe Biden has introduced trade restrictions against 11 Chinese and five Russian companies for supplying components for the production of drones that the Russian Federation is using in the war against Ukraine.
As reported by The Guardian, the Department of Commerce, which oversees behind export policy, added 28 firms to the trade blacklist, including a number of Finnish and German companies. The restrictions will make it difficult for them to transfer technology from US suppliers.
Nine of these companies, notably China's Asia Pacific Links Ltd and Russia's SMT-iLogic, were allegedly involved in a scheme to supply drone parts to the previously blacklisted Center for Special Purposes. technologies. This Center later supplied components to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.
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— We will not hesitate to take swift and decisive action against those who continue to attempt to supply and support Putin's illegal and immoral war in Ukraine, — said Alan Estevez, head of the Export Control Division of the US Department of Commerce.
Recall that Russia increased its missile production volumes, despite Western sanctions, and even exceeded the pre-war level. The aggressor receives all the components necessary for production through Armenia and Turkey.
On September 19, the United States introduced a new package of sanctions against the international network that helps Iran produce drones.
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