China is exporting technologies to Russia, which the country needs to keep up its war against Ukraine, in violation of international sanctions and export control measures, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing Russia’s border control service data.
The newspaper’s investigation shows that Chinese defence-related companies supply navigation equipment, jamming technology, and fighter jet parts to their Russian counterparts targeted by sanctions.
“Despite international scrutiny and sanctions protocols, reliable global trade data shows that Chinese state-owned defence companies continue to send military-applicable parts to sanctioned Russian defence companies,” noted Naomi Garcia, a C4ADS analyst. “These Russian companies have been recorded using these same types of parts directly in Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
According to WSJ journalists, Russia has imported tens of thousands shipments of dual-use goods that can be used both for civilian purposes and militarily. According to the border control documentation, most of these shipments came from China.
In particular, China’s state-owned Poly Technologies on 31 August sent navigation equipment to Rosoboronexport for M-17 military and transport helicopters. Earlier in August, Fujian Nanan Baofeng Electronic, another Chinese company, supplied a telescoping antenna for the RB-531BE military vehicle used to jam communications to Rosoboronexport.
On 24 October, China’s AVIC aircraft company sent spare parts for Su-35 fighter jets worth $1.2 million to a subsidiary of Rostec, Russia’s state-owned defence giant.
Earlier reports showed that Turkey exported to Russia tens of millions of dollars worth of goods used to supply the Russian army last year despite Washington’s calls on Turkey and the UAE to end supplies of sanctioned goods to Russia.
