The USA is not fighting with American companies whose products the Russian Federation uses in missiles - Media.

The US authorities do not accuse American companies whose products Russia uses in missile production of violating export control. Their components continue to be supplied to Russia through intermediaries, writes Bloomberg.

In 2022, the US and its allies introduced export controls that banned the supply of a wide range of technologies to Russia to undermine its defense industry. The restrictions made it illegal to supply Russia with Western-designed semiconductors if they could be used for military purposes, even if they were manufactured in China.

However, components produced by a number of Western companies are regularly found in Russian missiles, such as the "Iskanders." This includes American Silicon Laboratories Inc, Texas Instruments Inc., Analog Devices, the German Infineon Technologies, and the American company with Chinese capital Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. A large number of the detected parts were made after February 2022.

According to customs data, since March 2022, millions of components produced by Analog and restricted by US export controls have been sent to Russia. Just last year, Russia imported Analog components worth $326 million, according to an analysis of Russian trade data conducted by researchers at the Kyiv School of Economics.

Components are not sold to Russia directly; they mostly pass through companies in China and Hong Kong. American chip manufacturing companies use authorized distributors who, in turn, sell to electronics suppliers worldwide.

The US has tried to stop the flow of components for missiles to Russia by taking tough measures against these intermediaries. In late August, the US Treasury Department issued sanctions against 400 entities for supporting Russia's war against Ukraine, including more than a dozen Hong Kong companies. But it did not accuse Analog or other American manufacturers of violating export control, the publication writes.

Analog states that it fully complies with export laws, does not approve of the use of its products by the Russian military, and takes measures to strengthen control. Nevertheless, the company's products continue to enter the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian officials say that Western semiconductor companies do not make efforts to control their supply chains and stop the flow of chips to Russian military factories.

"Companies may say they are selling nothing to Russia, that they are just selling to some intermediaries. But this does not change the fact that these parts are entering Russia in huge quantities," the head of the GUR Kyrylo Budanov commented to the publication.

Budanov says that the only way to block the Kremlin's capabilities to shell Ukrainian territory is to stop the flow of semiconductors to Russia. "This will not happen. Everyone is turning a blind eye to what is happening," he said.

Source: RBC-Ukraine