– By the end of 2022, Russia was able to transition its arms industry to war. In fact, the entire economy was reshaped for the needs of a prolonged war, assessed Valentyn Badrak, head of the Army’s Research Center, its Transformations and Disarmament.
In an interview with Ukrinform Agency, he indicated that One of the factors that made this possible was the limited nature of Western sanctions. – The EU is already introducing the 10th or 11th package. Bhatrak said that everything should be done gradually, step by step by the policy of Western countries and then evaluate whether it is working or not.
said the expert Russians are actively looking for substitutes for imported components. A large number of Russian components are used in Russian equipment, including components for civilian purposes.
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– Since the beginning of 2023, our experts have discovered additional components and packages of Russian production. They may be technologically advanced, they may use components from civilian equipment, but – in any case – the number of components replacing imported ones has increased, he added.
Apart from that Russia gets the parts it needs through alliesincluding China. – The second category is the countries importing to Russia. For example, Kazakhstan and Armenia buy microelectronics, which then goes to Russia, he pointed out.
Mostly these actions are done by authorities. In other cases, “authorities may not support such items, but private companies, public institutions do.”
One way to counter such re-exports is to ban the export of all goods to Russia except medicine and food.. Bhatrak said that the G7 countries are going to discuss this in May. If such a ban is imposed, exports will be penalized by secondary sanctions.
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Bhatrak said The second level of sanctions that the United States has ever introduced remains in place. “If the European Union and other countries join in, they will have more power and create a stronger export and re-export control system,” he said.