Russian leader Vladimir Putin meets staff at a weapons manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin meets staff at a weapons manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg.
  • Russia is still importing tech for its weapons — and more than a quarter is from the US, a joint report says.
  • Nearly $9 billion in foreign electronics were imported for Russian weapons despite sanctions, it said.
  • Tech from firms like Intel and AMD have been found in Russian weapons, per the researchers.

Moscow is still dodging sanctions on the tech that its forces need to fight in Ukraine, recently importing almost $9 billion in "high priority" electronics that the US and its allies barred from entering Russia, according to a new report by US and Ukrainian researchers.