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80% of military components for Russia come through China, says EU’s special envoy

Optical readers, integrated circuits, microchips and flash memory cards can be used by the Russians in manufacturing weapons. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Optical readers, integrated circuits, microchips and flash memory cards can be used by the Russians in manufacturing weapons. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Subsidiaries of EU firms even produce some of the sanctioned goods.