Despite the sanctions: China sold to Russia military products - CNN

During 2022, the Poly Technologies defense contractor, based in Beijing, sent at least a dozen parties, including spare parts for helicopters and air-land radio equipment, supported by the Russian firm. Chinese state defense companies have maintained trade relations with Russian defense companies under sanctions over the past year. This was reported today, March 10, CNN reported.

Records show that during 2022, at least by mid-November, the Poly Technologies defense contractor, based in Beijing, sent at least a dozen parties, including spare parts for helicopters and radio equipment "Air-Earth" supported by a Russian firm . According to trading data, the ancient Poly Technology trading partner-Ulan-Uden Aviation Plant, Military Helicopter Supplier-continued to supply details and several helicopters to the Beijing company last year.

Most of the helicopter details included in the supply to Russia had markings for use in multi-purpose Mi-171 E helicopter intended for transport and search and rescue operations. According to the Stockholm International Institute for World Research (SIPRI), China began to import this model from Russia more than 10 years ago.

Three supplies from Poly Technologies were marked as products for the operation or maintenance of the Russian Mi-171 W, a military transport helicopter, which can be equipped with weapons and used in Moscow operations in Ukraine. Customs records were obtained from two data sets. The first was provided by a company dealing with trade data, Import Genius, whose information is compared with secondary sources with official Russian customs documents and reports on shipment.

The second set was provided by the C4ads analytical center based in Washington, which compares official customs documents collected from several third -party suppliers. CNN did not conduct an independent verification of data that could give a partial but not a complete picture of the agreement.

Military experts and safety experts say that the details sent by the Chinese firm to Russia are quite basic equipment for Russian aircraft, which can be part of contracts and standard business relations between companies. On March 9, CIA Director William Burns stated that "no one was watching more closely" in Ukraine than the head of the Chinese People's Republic, Xi Jinping. According to him, the war can affect China's thinking about Taiwan.

We will remind, on March 9 at the Media Nikkei ASIA reported that Chinese experts of the Academy of Military Sciences (AMS) at the People's Liberation Army of the PRC modeled a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Experts concluded that the war would end until the fall of 2023. AMS consider the most likely victory to the aggressor country.