Vladimir Putin uses third countries to avoid economic sanctions. The Swiss newspaper New Zürcher Zeitung confirms that the wear war in Ukraine is causing the Kremlin to need the so -called double -use goods of the West, such as, for example, The industrial tools for precision weapons of Switzerland.
Thus, Switzerland’s intelligence services (FIS) have observed that Russia “is trying to buy sanctioned products through clandestine structures and private companies in third countries“According to the publication, Türkiye, Serbia, India and some of the countries of Central Asia, could be behind this.
“Swiss intelligence reports that Moscow is acquiring assets subject to sanctions in Western countries,” says the report collected by the medium . It’s about “A huge challenge for the export controls of the Central European country. “
The publication confirms that Russia has responded to this with a “Notable hardening“Of their practices in Turkey.” In general “, Swiss companies with an general export license are authorized to export these double -use weapons without the need for controls in some countries, such as Turkey. However, since 2023, the country has imposed a stricter control, So all the machinery for military purposes is reviewed case by case in the country.
The second nation that, according to the publication, has tried to export these materials to Russia is Serbia. “In 2024, imported almost three times these products than in the years prior to war“. These exports were mainly” used weapons tools “machines, but the country has not detected any transfer to Russia for the moment.
Exports to Central Asia countries have not experienced any increase. But, “you can see An increase of up to 64% to Indiacountry that these intelligence services qualify at high risk. “” The same goes for the United Arab Emirates, which since the beginning of the war has imported up to seven times more double -use military Swiss products. “
At the same time, some western states They act as mediators to press Emirates and Türkiye to stop these transfers to Moscow. “After all, every missile that is sent to Russia could hit not only to Ukraine, but also the NATO territory,” concludes the publication.
