Nine companies from the EU supplied equipment for Russia’s military-industrial complex
Nine companies from the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland, which are involved in the production of industrial equipment, continue to work in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. Despite the sanctions, their products are used in Russian military equipment, informs DW.
After the start of the war, the profits of the local divisions of these companies increased significantly, reaching 6.4 billion rubles by 2023. In particular, Czech TOS Varnsdorf supplied components to its Russian GRS Ural plant, importing products worth more than $12 million from February 2022 to September 2024.
Another Czech company, Tachtech, which cooperates with metallurgical enterprises, serves customers, in particular, the Omsk Plant of Transport Machine Building, which is engaged in the production of equipment for the “Sunset” systems and the repair of T-80 tanks.
The Alta Group operates in Russia through its subsidiary “А-Р”, which is fully under its control, and supplies equipment for the extraction and processing of minerals. Another Czech company, Kovosvit, since the beginning of the war, sent 56 batches of machine tools worth about 3.2 million dollars to Russia. Similar activity is carried out by Labara, which imports electrical insulating materials through the Russian representative office “Labara-Rus”.
Switzerland’s Meg Metal SA, through its subsidiary Eurostal, supplied steel worth almost $14 million, which was used, in particular, by Uralmashzavod and the Prometheus Institute of Design Materials. The Swedish GCE Group, through its Russian representative office “GSE Krass”, supplied gas equipment worth 5.82 million dollars, which is used in the production of military equipment.
The Polish company Seco/Warwick supplied industrial furnaces to companies in the aviation, engineering and heat treatment industries. A significant part of the products of these companies are dual-purpose goods, critically important for Russia’s military potential, and fall under the prohibitions of the 11th package of EU sanctions.
