This happened because of sanctions against Russia.
This was stated by the Ukrainian Presidential Commissioner for Sanction Policy Vladislav Vlasyuk, Ukrinform reports.
“According to our partners’ calculations, Russia wanted to spend approximately 7 billion US dollars on microelectronics and was unable to… Why? Because the market reacted (to the sanctions – ed.), and it is difficult for Russia to buy any components from the priority list, which is a list of 50 items,” Vlasyuk assured.
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As noted by the Ukrainian Presidential Commissioner for Rehabilitation Policy, there is information that Chinese banks have begun to refuse payments related to the Russian military-industrial complex or to significantly complicate their implementation. This is due to the reluctance to fall under secondary sanctions, primarily by the United States. /p>
- In the United States, the company Eleview International and its top managers Oleg Nayandin and Vitaliy Borisenko are accused of illegally exporting American technology worth millions of dollars to Russia.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Western components in enemy “shaheds” and missiles are micro-contributions to the ongoing Russian terror.
- On October 30, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against 275 individuals and organizations involved in the supply of advanced technologies and equipment to Russia needed to support the military machine.
- Türkiye has secretly banned exports of US military goods to Russia after Washington warned Ankara of “consequences” if it did not halt the trade.