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Russia is using bags of cash and diamonds to avoid sanctions and fund its weapons program, expert says

By  TOM PORTER 

In the interview for INSIDER, Pavlo Verkhniatskyi, Managing Partner at COSA, shared insights about the key schemes and ways of sanctions circumventing by Russia to fund its purchases of banned weapons technology.

Pavlo spoke in detail about the covert financial networks of Russia and how they are working, the financial channels Russia is using to fund its covert weapons part trade. Shell companies and dubious banks, suitcases full of cash and valuables – the key Russian methods for funding its tech procurement programs, disinformation campaigns and militant groups are described in the article.

Pavlo also emphasized what steps need to be taken to counteract Russia’s circumvention of sanctions and its covert weapons parts trade.

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