Stop Doing
Business with Russia
Russia initiated aggression against Ukraine in 2014. On February 24, 2022, it started a full-scale military invasion to the Ukrainian territory. This brutal war and military crimes of Russian troops caused a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine with thousands civilians killed and millions becoming refuges. As a reaction to this act of aggression, many international companies decided to leave the Russian market, while some others continue doing business there as usual. We track such decisions of companies and urge them to stop funding the war.
Hold off investments: company postponing future planned investment/development/marketing while continuing substantive business
Pausing InvestmentsReducing Activities: company scaling back some business operations while continuing others
Scaling BackPause operations: company temporarily curtailing operations while keeping return options open
SuspensionClean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia
WithdrawalExit Completed: company sold its business/assets or its part of the business to a local partner and leaved the market or liquidated local entity(ies)
Exit CompletedThree Moldovan companies began selling aircraft parts to Russia just months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and sold about $15 million worth of aircraft parts. According to Radio Europa Libera Moldova, three companies participated in the scheme: Airrock Solutions, Aerostage Services and Maxjet Service.
Three Moldovan companies began selling aircraft parts to Russia just months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and sold about $15 million worth of aircraft parts. According to Radio Europa Libera Moldova, three companies participated in the scheme: Airrock Solutions, Aerostage Services and Maxjet Service.
Apram Aerospace of the Czech Republic supplied parts for AI Fly aircraft to other Russian companies both before and during the full-scale war.
The list of new sanctions by the US Treasury Department, published on October 30, included seven companies. Severstal Aviation Enterprise LLC, owned by another oligarch close to the Kremlin, Alexei Mordashov, also imports business jet parts to Russia. In February, sealing rings for Bombardier gaskets were imported. This is the type of aircraft Mordashov uses. Ascend Aviation India Pvt. Ltd. from India supplies the oligarch with aircraft parts. It exports products made in Mexico and the US to Severstal's aircraft fleet.
The French division of the American group Astronics deals with avionics - flight, navigation and communication electronic systems that are installed on board an aircraft. PGA still serves VIP aircraft - Il-96 or Superjet-100 of Dmitry Medvedev, Sergei Shoigu, Dmitry Peskov, even Putin himself, as well as two FSB aircraft.
Chinese companies are transferring technology to equip the Russian army, Importgenius trade data shows.
The Austrian company Diamond Aircraft could supply spare parts and engines for its planes to the Russian Federation through China, bypassing sanctions.
Flavic FZE (Flavic) imports and exports aviation equipment and technology to and from Russia for repair, reconstruction, testing, and other maintenance, and is certified to work with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Three Moldovan companies began selling aircraft parts to Russia just months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and sold about $15 million worth of aircraft parts. According to Radio Europa Libera Moldova, three companies participated in the scheme: Airrock Solutions, Aerostage Services and Maxjet Service.
Florida-based Miami Technics has delivered two batches of Timken bearings for DHС-8-400 aircraft to Russia this year (in 2024).
In 2023, Chinese companies supplied Russia with engines for radio-controlled aircraft manufactured by Mile Hao Xiang Technology for $1.1 million. Mile Hao Xiang Technology engines were found in the Gerber and Parody drones. These drones are used by the Russian army as dummy targets to defeat Ukrainian air defenses. Since June 2024, the Chinese Mile Hao Xiang Technology has been under US sanctions for supplying components to Russia.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on the Minsk Civil Aviation Plant and Belavia.
US Treasury sanctioned procurement networks for Iran’s UAV and weapons programs.
Tehran may build a plant for aircraft parts in Dagestan. This was reported to RIA Novosti following a meeting between Prime Minister of Dagestan Abdulmuslim Abdulmuslimov and representatives of the Iranian airline Pars Golden Sky. Pars Golden Sky is ready to provide trained personnel, equipment, as well as a management system that will help create an "aviation hub".
In the customs databases it is indeed indicated that Lithuanian Right Direction Aero sold AI Fly goods on behalf of Kargoline. Apparently, according to the documents, the spare parts were going to Kyrgyzstan, but in fact they ended up in Russia. Pavlo Chalapov is the director and owner of Right Direction Aero. He wrote that he did not sell anything to the Russian AI Fly. Chalapov said he sold parts to Kyrgyzstan and had personal guarantees from Kargoline owner and CEO Azamat Alkadyrov that the parts could not be re-exported to Russia: "As I see it, Kargoline kept us in the dark, lied to us and, obviously, forged documents." He added that from now on the company will not work with Kyrgyzstan either.
Kyrgyz and Kazakh companies have exported sanctioned dual-use technology to Russian suppliers of the Kremlin's war machine amid Western efforts to stymie such transfers through the Central Asian nations, an investigation by RFE/RL has found.
A discovery by the Ukrainian military was that the Iranian drone contained a high-end Austrian Rotax 912iS engine, which is used in small civilian aircraft. Manufacturer Rotax immediately denied supplying engines to Iran and launched an investigation.
US Sanctions Iranian Company for Providing Drones to Russia
The list of new sanctions by the US Treasury Department, published on October 30, included seven companies. Companies providing business aviation and air services are engaged in importing parts for Falcon to Russia. Thus, the company Heli-Tech imported an American gas turbine engine last summer for $602 thousand. The delivery was made through the Turkish company Madena Otomotiv Insaat Elecrtonic Tic Ltd. Moscow-based OOO Aog Logistic imported an oxygen supply regulator manufactured by Safran Aerotechnics (France). The seller was the company Shaurya Aeronautics Pvt from India. In January of this year, the Turkish company Meva Hava Araclari sold the Russian OOO Alliance MN Group an electrohydraulic control unit for the release and retraction of the chassis of French manufacture. The cost of such a unit is $223.5 thousand.
Ter Assala Parts supplied parts to Russia for Boeing and Airbus, including oxygen masks, washers, tubes, bolts, nuts, brackets, fuel regulators, used computers and warning systems.
The Garpiya "closely resembles the Shahed" but it has several distinguishing features, including a unique bolt-on fin and Limbach L-550 E engines, the European agency said in a statement to Reuters. The engine, which was originally designed and manufactured by a German company, is now produced in China by a local firm, Xiamen Limbach.
Suspended new business in Russia and Belarus. Dassault Aviation, the major French aerospace and defense manufacturer known for jet fighters like the Rafale and Mirage, remains indirectly tied to Russia through its long-time board member Henri Édouard Proglio, who also serves as chairman of the audit committee. Despite Dassault officially supplying military equipment to Ukraine, Proglio owns and runs three Russian companies (Henri Proglio Consulting LLC, AP Energy Advisory LLC, Mezhproject LLC) that generated over 600 million rubles in revenue since the start of the war. He continues to travel to Moscow regularly and holds a director position at ABR Management, a firm widely understood to manage assets linked to Russian elites. This creates a potential conflict of interest between Dassault’s public stance and its indirect financial ties to Russian entities.
Temporarily paused support of airlines in Russia
PowerJet, which is registered in France, announced the termination of the contract after the entry into force of EU and US sanctions against Russia, The company stopped supplying spare parts for SaM146, maintenance and repair of engines. In February 2022, the French side stopped the supply of spare parts, technical support and repair of engines, as well as obligations as an engine developer.
Promised to suspend operations in Russia. But in 2023, 43 Lamborghinis, 30 Bentley Bentaygas, 32 Rolls-Royce Cullinans and nine Ferrari Romas were bought in Russia. Ceased to receive local income in Russia in 2023. At the same time, Rolls-Royce sales in Russia have skyrocketed by 40% in a year.