More than 100 Western companies have exported airplaces through India to Russia – The Guardian

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/31/Fe/IB-FQDIF9BFL_EA3C5407.jpg" Alt = "over 100 Western companies exported airplanes through India to Russia"/> ~ ~ ~ More than 100 Western companies, including the Boeing Aerospace Giant, were exported to India spare parts for aircraft, which then came to Russia. < p ng-bind-ttml = "html" > reports & nbsp; the Guardian.

< p >The analysis of customs documents, which journalists got acquainted with, show that from January 2023 to September 2024, through intermediaries in India, Russian airlines and other organizations were delivered to over $ 50 million. The details were transported 700 by separate cargoes that contained a variety of goods – from generators, sensors, propeller shovels and displays in the cabin to small screws, bolts and filters.

~ ~ < p > most Russian importers seem to be civilian airlines, including UTAIR, which, according to the EU, also acts as a defense contractor. It got about a quarter of loads.

< P > The publication notes that Western companies could not know that their products are supplied to the Russian Federation by Indian firms. Direct sale of aviation spare parts by Russian airlines and firms is forbidden by Britain and EU, as well as strictly limited by US authorities.

< p >Western allies, however, try to fight dozens of intermediary companies that support & nbsp; Russia & nbsp; products and technologies of Western production. The sanctions expert and the Pole Star Global partner David Tannenbaum said that Western governments had focused on mediators in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, but India was not the main object of attention. ~ < p > Yes, among the firms whose details have fallen through India in the Russian Federation are Step Aviation registered with Latvia citizen. The company has sent more than 60 cargoes to the Indian firm Shaurya Aeronautics, and almost all were transferred to three buyers in Russia. In October, the United States applied economic sanctions against Shaurya for sending to Russia sensitive dual -use details, but the company did not fall under the sanctions of Britain or EU.

< p >The British firm ASL Aerospace has sent about 60 cargoes from Britain and the United States to four Indian firms, which were then redirected to the Russian Federation by Agrim Aviation Private Ltd. Agrim підпала під санкції США за «ймовірне» Redirect of American production to the Russian aviation industry but has not become the subject of sanctions by Britain or EU. < p > from 2023, American Boeing sent to India at least 80 cargoes, which were subsequently transferred partially or completely to Russia. Most of these deliveries, including mounts, valves, fuel sealants and rechargeable batteries, passed through an Indian buyer – Ascend Aviation. < P > The United States applied economic sanctions against the company and its two directors on October 30, 2024 for participation in & laquo; networks of evasion of sanctions & raquo;. ЄС та Велика Британія не пішли цим шляхом.

< p > Airbus – Satair's subsidiary – sent 12 cargoes to the same Indian firm between September 2023 and May 2024. Later, they were sent to Russian buyers, including the largest airline of the country, state & laquo; Aeroflot & raquo;.

~ < P > A representative of the Indian Government stated that they did not believe that firms have violated local legislation, but companies will be informed of the latest changes in international export control.