Sanctions against the Russian Federation – the EU and the US continue to sell sniper rifles to Russia – UNIAN
Formally, rifles are supplied to countries such as Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, etc. But during the three years of war in Ukraine, these countries have increased their arms imports significantly.
Despite the sanctions, Russia still imports thousands of Western-made sniper rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition. Although direct export of weapons to the Russian Federation has been prohibited since 2014, writes The Insider.
According to journalists, in recent years, companies from the European Union, the United States and Turkey have significantly increased arms supplies to Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, from where the weapons are then apparently re-exported to Russia. For example, the export of rifles and shotguns from Italy to Armenia has increased almost 30 times over four years – from 68 units in 2019 to 1,862 in 2023. Kyrgyzstan, which in 2020 and 2021 did not buy Italian at all…
