The newspaper estimates that the Russian defense industry remains resilient "in part due to legal loopholes and weak enforcement" and that critical goods continue to flow directly into Russia, including through countries not participating in the global sanctions mechanism that U.S. officials came up with in response. for a Russian special operation in Ukraine.
The publication draws attention to the fact that the export controls imposed by the United States against Russia are not observed “even by allied Taiwan.”
As the Kremlin noted, EU sanctions against Russian defense enterprises do not pose a threat; there are no such assets in these countries.
The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, emphasized in June 2023 that enterprises of the domestic defense-industrial complex fulfill the state defense order almost 100%.