More than a thousand foreign components were discovered in Russian weapons

Russia has organized the purchase and supply of foreign components for its military industry.

This, in particular, includes electronics produced by large Western companies.

They supply these components through third countries.

This is stated in the report of the Yermak-McFaul International Expert Group, which develops recommendations on sanctions against the Russian Federation, Babel reports.

1,057 foreign components produced by 155 companies, including from the allied countries of Ukraine, namely American ones, were identified in the Russian weapons and equipment that the invaders used in the war against Ukraine.

The research uncovered that the Russian defense industry uses critical components of foreign production in the following weapons and equipment:

• Iskander-K and Calibre cruise missiles;
• UAV (“Orlan” and “Korsar”);
• armored vehicles;
• artillery;
• upgraded Т-72 tanks,
• rocket-propelled ammunition for Tornado-G MLRS;
• Typhoon-K vehicles;
• helicopters;
• electronic warfare systems.

Critical components include chips, microprocessors, transistors, memory devices, voltage regulators, capacitors, transceivers, etc.

American companies Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, Microchip Technology, Intel Corporation, AMD, and German Infineon Technologies, along with Korean Samsung, produce most of the components.

In 2022, the export of critical components from the United States to Russia manufactured by Intel Corporation exceeded $700 million (previously 500 million).

Despite the sanctions of Western countries, the imports of these components do not stop. Russia imports almost all of these electronic components through countries that did not impose sanctions against it.

These products come mainly from China, but a small share of sellers are also located in the European Union, South Korea, Vietnam, and Turkey.

The document notes that in 2022, Russia purchased $2.9 billion worth of such important foreign components.