The publication stated that export household appliances are used for military purposes.
The media believe that part of the European exports of household appliances, which goes to Armenia and Kazakhstan, is used for military purposes in the Russian Federation.
According to Bloomberg, deliveries of washing machines, refrigerators, electric breast pumps and other household appliances this year exceeded the figures of 2021. At the same time, both countries export aggregates to the Russian Federation.
Officials in Europe believe that some parts of the products may not be used for their intended purpose, but for military purposes. Thus, the EU statistical service Eurostat states that from January to August 2022, the export of washing machines to Armenia from the EU exceeded the total figures for 2020 and 2021.
As for electric milk pumps, with a 4.3% drop in the birth rate in Armenia, exports have tripled. In Kazakhstan, these devices have already recorded an increase in exports from the EU by 633%, data are provided for the period from January to June. Again, the birth rate fell by 8.4%.
From January to August, $21.4 million worth of refrigerators were delivered to Kazakhstan, the size of exports has tripled since 2021. At the same time, according to the local government, exports to the Russian Federation increased.
Breast pumps from January to August were sent to the Russian Federation more than twice as many as last year, refrigerators — ten times. The amount of washing machine exports to Russia in 2022 amounted to $7.5 million
The publication also notes that the Customs of the Russian Federation has not published statistics on imports and exports of goods since the spring of 2022.
According to Western analysts, Moscow is probably trying to cope with the deficit, but the assortment has fallen. And after the EU ban on supplying household electrical goods more expensive than €750 and electronic video and audio devices more expensive than €1000, eurotechnics, according to Bloomberg, can be used domestically to disassemble and use components and semiconductors in civilian production.
At the same time, the opinion of a number of officials is given, in particular, the representative of the Royal United Institute of Defense Studies, James Byrne (Great Britain), that complex RV combat systems often use components that are in some commercial goods.
Experts from the United States have confirmed that microchips from household appliances can be used to repair military equipment.
So, it was reported that some parts of refrigerators from the EU and washing machines were found in Russian tanks.
Earlier, Topnews wrote that earlier the Russian Government legalized parallel imports, allowing goods to be imported into the country without the permission of the copyright holder.
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