WSJ: China provides Russia with the technology needed for a special operation
The publication refers to information from the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation received by a certain NPO. How the secret data turned out to be with American analysts is not specified. However, not only this is embarrassing in their report
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China continues to supply Russia with technology that Moscow uses in a special operation carried out on the territory of Ukraine, writes .
The data received by the Washington-based non-governmental organization Center for Advanced Defense Studies, engaged in "identifying threats to US national security" is, for a second, 84 thousand records of deliveries to Russia. This is data on technology imports since the beginning of the special operation, including dual-use ones, and most of them come from China. It is stated that this is information from the Federal Customs Service.
The Wall Street Journal highlights some points: Chinese firms supplied Russia with navigation equipment for Mi-17 military transport helicopters, telescopic antennas for the electronic jamming complex for radio communication systems, and parts for radars for the sub-sanctioned Almaz-Antey. There were also lightweight DJI quadcopters. All this can be attributed to dual-use goods, for the supply of which to Russia the US and the EU have a “persistent allergy” - such supplies are blocked by several packages of sanctions, and third countries are threatened with secondary restrictions.
Be that as it may, none of this looks like a really important and strategic technology that Russia does not produce or cannot do without. All this was bought from China, because it is easier and cheaper, Vadim Kozyulin, head of the Center for Global Studies and International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is sure:
Vadim KozyulinHead of the Center for Global Studies and International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs“There are no critical components here. DJI is the most massive and most successful Chinese commercial drone, sold freely in all countries. Moreover, I will say that the US also produces similar drones, only they are more expensive. Surprising is only one fact that such a volume of customs information fell into the hands of investigators, which, I think, should not be allowed in the current situation. The telescopic antenna is also a dual-purpose thing. Most likely, they just bought it in China, because it is cheaper. Navigation systems - we use them in our smartphones. The Mi-17 helicopter itself is not military. I did not see anything that would be produced under an American license. It is clear that the United States has made it a rule to extend its legislation to the whole world.”
Nowhere in the material does it say whether Beijing produced all this using American technology, or according to purely its own, Chinese. And this is important - if it was a US license, then Washington's indignation is understandable. The version is unlikely, Beijing would hardly go for an open violation of the ban. On the other hand, if the technologies are Chinese, Washington should not interfere in these deliveries at all.
According to The Wall Street Journal, “customs and corporate documents show that Russia can still import these technologies through countries that have not joined the US-led efforts to cut Moscow off from world markets.” We conclude that Washington still interferes in Beijing's trade deals, in which American technologies do not appear at all.
The second embarrassing moment: it is not clear how the American NPO obtained such a volume of Russian customs documentation, in addition to information that, of course, is classified with the start of the CBO, says Vice-Rector of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Economics Alexei Zubets:
Alexey ZubetsVice-Rector of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Economics“There is an option that this is some kind of hacker attack. There is an option that it was simply bought from officials through the action of some kind of intelligence. But it's up to law enforcement to look for leaks. The option that this base is falsified is most likely not. Although, indeed, if we are talking not about American products, but about Chinese or Turkish products, then the Americans should not interfere in this at all, but from the point of view of the Americans, this is not so. They are trying to limit the supply of high-tech products, including those made in China using Chinese technologies for the needs of the military-industrial complex. These are instruments of pressure on the Russian Federation. It is possible that this story is not directed against Russia. For example, it can be directed against China, that is, the Americans need some kind of a series of pretexts in order to
Turkey became the second country after China in terms of disputable, according to the US, supplies. Over the past year, Turkish firms exported goods to Russia worth more than $33 million. True, according to The Wall Street Journal, in three cases we are talking about American-made goods. However, the goods there are not exactly for military purposes - electronics, spare parts, elevators and power generators.
