Sanctions don't work! The West still supplies components for tanks, drones and missiles to the Russian army

The Russian group "Promtech", which has clients in the military-industrial complex, continues to buy products from Europe, despite international sanctions, according to an investigation by the French national daily Le Monde.

It is emphasized that the Turkish company Enütek Makina has exported equipment worth more than seven million euros to Russia since the beginning of 2023, intended mainly for "Promtech" enterprises. Some of these supplies may have violated European and American sanctions against Russia and benefited Moscow's armed forces, the editors note.

The publication clarifies that "Promtech“ is a large Russian industrial company specializing in the development and production of components for the aviation, space, land and marine industries. Some of its activities are civilian in nature, but it also has clients in the Russian military-industrial complex. Until 2022 "Promtech“ there were no problems with purchases from European manufacturers. Sanctions imposed on Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, hampered the group's activities.

However, according to customs data (covering the period from February 2023 to April 2024), European products entered Russia through Enütek Makina. About 10% of the goods exported by the Turkish company were produced in France, and more than three quarters in Europe as a whole, the publication writes.

"The components passing through Enütek Makina may be used for equipment such as tanks, aircraft, drones or missiles... For example, Souriot electrical connectors were found in the T-72B3 tank, and connectors from the French-American company Amphenol &ndash ; in the Shahed-131/136“ drones, the investigation says.

It is indicated that Turkey is one of the key countries for circumventing international sanctions.