This collection contains a large number of reports and sources about sanctions evasion schemes, components of weapons systems that shouldn’t be there and some background information about the Russian military-industrial complex and enforcement activities.

Analyses of components inside weapons systems fielded by the RuAF

• Documenting Russia’s advanced weapon systems in Ukraine by Conflict Armament Research
• Russian Kh-101 stealth cruise missile uses 35 US-made chips
• Component commonalities in advanced Russian weapon systems
• A modern thermal imaging matrix of the French manufacturer Lynred found in Russian UAV Orlan-10 • Mezha.Media
• Dating newly produced Russian missiles used in Kyiv attacks (CAR)
• Lancet drone components: Дрон-камікадзе “Ланцет” зібраний із мікросхем від іграшок та батарейок від вейпу (фото)
• Russians Learned How to Make “Lancet” Drones Out of Vape Batteries and Chips From Kids Toys
• Upgraded russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile: New Guidance System, Electronics and Radio Traps | Defense Express
• Putins Drohnen fliegen mit Schweizer Chip
• Tracking Western parts in Russian weapons used against Ukraine
• How Russia Relies on Old Tech in Weapons Aimed at Ukraine - The New York Times
• Western-made components found in weapons used in Russia’s suspected Ukraine war crimes, new investigation reveals
• IPROnline: New Report Links Western-Made Components to the Weapons Used in Russia’s Suspected Ukraine War Crimes and also NAKO.org: Enabling War Crimes? Western-Made Components in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
• The truth about Russia using dishwasher chips in military equipment? - Defence View
• Silicon Lifeline: Western Electronics at the Heart of Russia’s War Machine, As Russian missiles struck Ukraine, Western tech still flowed
• Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed With U.S. Microchips
• The US-made Components by the Pentagon’s Supplier Company Were Found in russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile
• Imported components found in Russian Tornado-S guidance systems

Information about Russian military-industrial complex

• War Machine – Structure and Faces of the Russian Military and Industrial Complex by Texty.org.ua
• What is the Real Price of russian Missiles: About the Cost of ‘Kalibr’, Kh-101 and ‘Iskander’ Missiles

Sanctions busting

• Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions Targeting Russian Companies and Individuals
• Despite Sanctions, Russian Cruise Missiles Were Made Recently - The New York Times
• One year on, who is funding Russia’s war in Ukraine?
• Import substitution or ‘going parallel’?
• Komersant: (The industry has not parted with sanctioned imports) Промышленность не рассталась с подсанкционным импортом
• The War in Ukraine: Iran’s Airlift to Russia with report Iran Is Once Again Using Its Civilian Airliners To Ferry Arms
• Foreign Companies Help Guide russian Missiles to Ukraine, - Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
• Chinese-backed buyer of UK microchip plant made components found in Russian missiles
• Russia Boosts China Trade to Counter Western Sanctions
• Sanktionen gegen Russland: Die Rüstungsmaschine ist gut versorgt
• Russia’s Ukraine War Effort Fueled by Turkish Exports
• Back to the 90s. How gray-market imports to Russia work
• Як компанії можуть обходити антиросійські санкції: перелік найпоширеніших лазівок (How companies can circumvent anti-Russian sanctions: a list of the most common loopholes)
• Imported Accessories Found in Military Equipment of the Enemy’s Army. What Companies Haven’t Exited the Russian Market?
• Tens of Russian weapons manufacturers have escaped Western sanctions, new Trap Aggressor research reveals
• Kirgizië, Armenië, Turkije: via deze landen krijgt Rusland toch sanctieproducten (Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Turkey: Russia still receives sanctions products through these countries)
• Miljoenen chips Nederlandse fabrikanten belanden in Rusland ondanks sancties (Millions of chips from Dutch manufacturers end up in Russia despite sanctions)
• From Missions to Missiles: North Korea’s Diplomats and Sanctions-Busting
• Silverado: Russia Shifting Import Sources Amid U.S. and Allied Export Restrictions
• The Orlan Complex: Tracking the Supply Chains of Russia’s Most Successful UAV, Exclusive: The global supply trail that leads to Russia’s killer drones, Запад запретил продавать России комплектующие для производства оружия. Но она их успешно покупает (The West has banned the sale of components for the production of weapons to Russia. But she successfully buys them / Orlan complex), The West Has Banned the Sale of Components for Weapons Production to Russia. But Russia’s Main Weapons Manufacturer, Rostec, Is Still Buying Them
• The supply chain that keeps tech flowing to Russia
• WSJ News Exclusive | China Aids Russia’s War in Ukraine, Trade Data Shows
• 31 ways Russia evaded sanctions, boosting its war machine
• How Germany’s industrial giants help Russia manufacture weapons of war
• Russia Exploits Dual Use Loophole to Source Parts for Lethal Missiles
• Sanctions Policy against Russia in 2014-2022: Gaps and Evasion Schemes (Trap Aggressor)
• French eyes for a Russian tiger
• A new Sino-Russian high-tech partnership
• Trade Secrets - Exposing China-Russia Defense Trade in Global Supply Chains
• U.S. probing how American electronics wound up in Russian military gear
• WAR IN UKRAINE : How France delivered weapons to Russia until 2020 - News - Disclose.ngo
• EU member states exported weapons to Russia after the 2014 embargo
• Ukraine: the problem with Russia’s sanctions-busting arms industry