For weapons production: Taiwan could supply Russia's high -precision equipment - WP

According to the authors of the material, the Russian company I Machine Technology, since January 2023, could import complex equipment worth $ 20 million. It is defined as tools for machines with numerical control (CNC) and is made on Taiwan. This was confirmed by the CEO of the company Alexei Bredikhin during one of the corporate parties: "Especially I want to congratulate our friends from Dar Taiwan. We have been working hard for almost a year for almost a year.

" It is noteworthy that such machines are regularly used in complex production and are necessary for accuracy. They are used in many areas of industry, including the production of various weapons. In the first 7 months of last year, all imports of the Russian company consisted of components that are made in Taiwan. During the same period, the sales of the company were closely linked to the Russian defense industry.

The material was separately added that the efforts of the Russian company management were aimed at starting mass production of percussion drones within Russia. The former high -ranking employee of the Ministry of Commerce Kevin Wolf, who at one time headed an export control in the USA, in a comment to reporters that if supplies were really, it was a violation of sanctions that Taiwan joined in 2022 due to the invasion . Local law enforcement agencies should be intensified.

"You have tools that are very important for the production of military products. You have a lot of ties with military end consumers and users. You have ties with drone manufacturers. You have a large amount in dollars. That is why export was introduced control against Russia. It is a classic issue of law enforcement priority, "Kevin Wolf said.

The authors of the article separately added that the revealed deliveries clearly demonstrate that the defense industry of Russia remains afloat through the bypass of sanctions. Important goods continue to come to the country, and then weapons are made. The machines from Taiwan were sent 63 in separate batches and the first of them were $ 4. 47 million. "On the one hand, we value the efforts of our partners aimed at breaking Russian supplies.