2023-04-30 13:11:26
Is the strategy that the West, reluctant to militarily confront a hostile nuclear power, has chosen to sanction the invasion of Ukraine effective? Targeted since February 24, 2022 by an unprecedented salvo of sanctions intended to weaken its war effort, Moscow is adapting. In fourteen months of conflict, the Kremlin has been able to take advantage of the flaws in the system to import Western high-tech goods on which its defense industry is heavily dependent.
First observation, Moscow’s ability to get around is a headache for the countries behind the restrictions, the European Union in the lead. The Russian Federation continues “to supply its military industry and its strategic industries”note twelve Member States – Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Spain and the Netherlands – in a document sent to the European Commission in February. “More and more numerous and creative”circumvention tactics, specifies the text, go through “the use of shell companies and intermediaries in the circle of countries surrounding Russia”, namely Turkey, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, as well as the United Arab Emirates and China. A circuit confirmed by foreign trade data.
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