#Sanctions Circumvention
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![Russian flag and Russian ruble symbol displayed on phone screens and an illustrative stock graph displayed on a screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 28, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian flag and Russian ruble symbol displayed on phone screens and an illustrative stock graph displayed on a screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 28, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The Rockwool plant in Alabuga, Russia, now under state management. The subsidiary reportedly transferred $7.7 million to the “All-Russia People’s Front” to purchase drones and electronic warfare equipment for Russian troops. (Source: Wikipedia)]( "The Rockwool plant in Alabuga, Russia, now under state management. The subsidiary reportedly transferred $7.7 million to the “All-Russia People’s Front” to purchase drones and electronic warfare equipment for Russian troops. (Source: Wikipedia)")
![The Ocean Mariner chemical/oil products tanker-currently sailing under the flag of Liberia-sails on arrival at the port of Havana on January 9, 2026. (Photo: YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)]( "The Ocean Mariner chemical/oil products tanker-currently sailing under the flag of Liberia-sails on arrival at the port of Havana on January 9, 2026. (Photo: YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)")
![The oil tanker “Grinch”, suspected of belonging to the Russians’ shadow fleet, is seen outside the coast of Martigues near the port of Marseille-Fos, France, on January 25, 2026, as it’s surveilled by the French Navy. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The oil tanker “Grinch”, suspected of belonging to the Russians’ shadow fleet, is seen outside the coast of Martigues near the port of Marseille-Fos, France, on January 25, 2026, as it’s surveilled by the French Navy. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A part of a Russian Geran drone with a Raspberry Pi single-board computer from the UK. (Source: Polkovnik Gsh)]( "A part of a Russian Geran drone with a Raspberry Pi single-board computer from the UK. (Source: Polkovnik Gsh)")
![The Uzbek Cotton Behind Russia’s Missile Strikes]( "The Uzbek Cotton Behind Russia’s Missile Strikes")
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![Photo of Oleksandr Moiseienko]( "Photo of Oleksandr Moiseienko")
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- War in Ukraine
Russia’s missile production hinges on cotton from Uzbekistan, according to documents obtained by our newsroom. Internal records describe the material as irreplaceable for Iskander and S-300 systems. Under sanctions, it is shipped into Russia labeled simply as “cotton wool.”
-37e9d3466ce8ec783fb1af2c86330c5c.jpg "A part of a Russian Geran drone with a Raspberry Pi single-board computer from the UK. (Source: Polkovnik Gsh)")
-206008aed5f329e86c52788e3e423f23.jpg "Photo of Oleksandr Moiseienko")