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Austria has uncovered the activities of a company that, in circumvention of EU sanctions, was supplying Russia with equipment for the production of rocket and fighter jet engines. This was reported on 10 August by the Austrian Ministry of the Interior.
To supply sanctioned equipment, the Vienna-based company forged end-user certificates. The Interior Ministry states that the company's 28-year-old Belarusian director was arrested in May.
To circumvent the sanctions, the Austrian firm used a network of shell companies in Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Poland and Lithuania. The equipment was destined for companies belonging to the Russian state industrial conglomerate Rostec.
On the day of the main suspect's arrest, Austrian authorities seized computer numerical control machine tools and specialised instruments worth around €140,000. Evidence seized during four raids in August 2025 shows that industrial goods worth more than €3.3 million have been supplied to Russian arms manufacturers since 2022.
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