Finnish customs are investigating the export of drilling equipment to the Russian Federation to circumvent EU sanctions. newspaper reports Helsingin Sanomat.
The publication states that we are talking about dozens of drilling blades that can be used in a variety of fields: from bridge building to underwater drilling for oil. The publication emphasizes that since 2014 the delivery of this equipment to Russia has been prohibited.
“They can even be used for seabed drilling. They can also be used for non-civilian purposes. “These are not hand-held drills, but larger pieces of industrial equipment,” says Hanna Sinkkonen, Finnish Customs Manager.
In this case, Finnish Customs cooperates with Europol, Canadian and Estonian authorities. The case is expected to be submitted to the prosecutor’s office in the summer.
It was previously known that the European Union was. discusses impose export restrictions on countries that re-export sanctioned products to Russia.