Viktoriia Vyshnivska

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Viktoriia Vyshnivska is a Senior Researcher at the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO). Her work mainly focuses on supply chains delivering critical components to Russia, the use of foreign technologies in weapons production, and the impact of sanctions regimes on the defence capabilities of aggressor states. Her additional focus also includes Ukraine’s state-owned defense industry and democratic resilience.

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Vladimir Putin tours the Uralvagonzavod tank plant in Nizhny Tagil, part of Russia’s state-owned Rostec defense conglomerate, on 15 February 2024. Credit: Ramil Sitdikov/RIA Novosti via Kremlin.ru

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Analysis

Russia’s biggest weapons maker has been under EU sanctions since 2022. Its 482 subsidiaries are the loophole.

A new NAKO analysis maps 482 companies inside Rostec and finds Western sanctions reach only a fraction of them—which is how the microelectronics in Russia's drones and missiles keep getting through.

Viktoriia Vyshnivska

Russia’s biggest weapons maker has been under EU sanctions since 2022. Its 482 subsidiaries are the loophole.

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