Despite the sanctions. Russia has increased imports of Western-made sniper rifles
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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:12:00 +0200
Russia imports Western sniper riflesDespite the sanctions, Russia continues to import thousands of Westernmade sniper rifles and millions of cartridges for them.
Although the direct export of weapons to the Russian Federation has been prohibited since 2014.
According to the journalists of The Insider, in recent years, companies from the European Union, the United States, and Turkey have repeatedly increased the supply of weapons to Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, from where the weapons are then apparently reexported to Russia.
For example, the export of rifles and shotguns from Italy to Armenia increased almost 30 times in four years from 68 units in 2019 to 1,862 units in 2023.
Kyrgyzstan, which did not buy Italian weapons at all in 2020 and 2021, imported 882 rifles in 2022, and 4,434 in 2023.
Georgia bought 8,426 rifles from Turkey in 2019, and already 18,843 in 2023.According to The Insider, Russia buys rifles produced under the Beretta brand the most.
In June 2024, the official Russian importer of Beretta weapons fell under US sanctions, but the Beretta holding itself, based in Luxembourg, remains the majority owner of the Russian company.Many Russian military snipers are disgusted by Russian weapons and continue to use Western rifles and cartridges for them.
This is confirmed by the protocol of sports competitions of military snipers, which took place in September in the occupied Crimea.
At those competitions, Russianmade rifles were used by only 7 shooters out of 36, Russian cartridges only four.The USA introduced new sanctions against Russian henchmeOn October 30, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 275 individuals and entities involved in supplying Russia with the advanced technology and equipment it needs to support its military machine.Both individuals and networks under the jurisdiction of 17 countries, including India, China, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey, were included in the sanction list.
In addition to disrupting global sanctions evasion networks, these measures also target Russian domestic importers and producers of key components and other material support for Russias militaryindustrial base.
The United States and our allies will continue to take decisive action from around the world to stop the flow of critical tools and technology that Russia needs to wage its illegal and immoral war against Ukraine, said Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.
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