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The French logistics operator FM Logistic sells for more than 3 billion rubles another warehouse complex Central Properties in Dmitrov near Moscow. Continued to receive revenue in Russia in 2022-2024. Increased revenue in 2024.

Promised to make withdrawal from the Russian market. GeoPost is negotiating the sale of its DPD business in Russia with a number of large local logistics operators. DPD in Russia denied rumors about selling its business to competitors such as PEK or Delovye Linii. The company clarified that GeoPost has not conducted and is not conducting any negotiations for a sale, and that such claims are false and may be spread by rivals. DPD continues to operate in Russia as usual, relying on localized systems. Its cooperation with clients, partners, and employees remains unchanged.

Dubai's DP World temporarily halts Ukraine operations, reviews business in Russia. DP World, one of the world's largest operators in the field of container transportation, signed an agreement with Rosatom on the development of the Northern Sea RouteCD2537. Increased revenue in 2022 vs 2021. NACP included one of the world's largest port operators DP World (Dubai Port World) in the list of international sponsors of the war. Ministers are facing calls to review the UK’s financial ties to the multinational logistics company DP World over its business deals in Russia. Revenue increased in 2024 vs 2023 by more than +30%.

MSC retains a considerable presence in the Russian trades with feeder operations in all three Russian gateways while the other key European carriers have withdrawn completely from the market. Revenue increased in 2024 vs 2023 by more than +50%.

Continue doing business as usual.

No official statement

Still operating with Russia. Revenue increased in 2024 vs 2023 by more than +100%.

Received revenues in Russia in 2021, there is no any official announcement

Avind International Oy acquired in 2021 Transpoint International (FI) Oy and its two Russian subsidiaries owned by VR Group. With the acquisition, Avind will become one of Finland’s largest Russian logistics companies, that offers services also to CIS-countries, Central-Asia and China. Logistics company Avind from Khamina left its main market - "We left Russia because of the war, business is turning 180 degrees". Revenue increased in 2024 vs 2023 by more than +30%.

Received revenues in Russia in 2021-2024, there is no any official announcement. 23.04.2025: The name of the founder SСOMI OILTOOLS(S) PTE.LTD. has been changed to "KAHYA MATA OILTOOLS (SINGAPORE) PTE.LTD."

Received revenues in Russia in 2021, there is no any official announcement

The company ELA Container has signed an agreement on the sale of its Russian subsidiary in Obninsk. After an intensive search and taking into account its social responsibility towards its employees, the company was able to find a buyer who will ensure the takeover of all Russian employees. Revenue increased in 2024 vs 2023 by more than +50%.

Still operating in Russia

Р&D Institute of Electronic Instruments (NIIEP), which is a part of Rostec, is also referred to as the developer of the "brains" for "Kinzhals." Their contractor, AO "Radiant-EK," supplied integrated microchips directly to NPK KBM. "Radiant-EK" continues to import items during wartime, including coils and tapes for protective packaging of electronic components from Germany, with Advantek Gmbh as the sender.

Armenia is actively utilizing the maritime route between the ports of Batumi (Georgia) and Novorossiysk (Russia) for re-exporting sanctioned goods to Russia. As a result, the Batumi-Novorossiysk sea route transports 600 20-foot containers weekly. All these shipments are conducted by the Armenian Shipping Company.

Basilevs Lojistik Medikal Tarim Ticaret Ve Sanayi Sti (Basilevs Lojistik) has sent high-priority goods to Russia. Basilevs Lojistik has also sent lithium-ion batteries, electrical batteries, and instruments for metal processing to Russia.

The USA has imposed sanctions on three companies based in China, as reported by the US Department of Defense. Beijing Luo Luo Technology Development Co Ltd worked on the supply of nozzles and other equipment that could be used in the production of solid-fuel rocket engines. The companies were involved in activities or agreements that significantly contributed to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or the means of their delivery, including missiles capable of delivering such weapons.

In 2023, the Russian manufacturers of footwear for the power structures "Donobuv", "Faraday", "Iskozh" and "Unichel" directly imported products from European companies worth 4.1 million dollars. Among the largest European suppliers: the Belarusian-German company Belintertrans Germany Gmbh ($0.9 million).

Bosphorus Gate Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Bosphorus Gate) has made shipments of high-priority goods to Russia, including electronic integrated circuits and machines for the transmission and regeneration of data. U.S.-designated Russian military-industrial complex firm Limited Liability Company AK Microtech sought to procure microelectronics production equipment through Bosphorus Gate.

Braemar shares slide after report shines spotlight on Russian shadow fleet deals.

Company have multiple locations in Russia and helping sanctioned companies to export (Rusal etc). Portfolio in Baltimore includes loading a complete vessel with line pipe to southern Africa, heavy construction equipment to Russia and disassembled light aircraft loaded in containers.

The company operates in Russia.

Increasing coal shipments from Russia

Suspended bookings to and from Russia. CMA CGM agreed to exchange its 25% stake in Russia’s Yanino Logistics Park and Moby Dik ocean terminal for an additional 25% stake in Finnish terminal operator Multi Link Terminal. CMA CGM Completes Russia Exit: French-based shipping group CMA CGM has completed its withdrawal from the Russian market by divesting stakes in terminals through an asset swap, the company said. But local company "CMA SIGEEM RUS" stil has foreign ownership. Revenue significantly (by more than -50%) decreased in 2024 vs 2023. In November 2025, one of the world's largest container carriers, the French shipping line CMA CGM, will officially resume calls to the port of St. Petersburg, including it in the route of its regular Finland Express (FLX) service.

The company is included in the sanction list of the US Treasury. Hong Kong-based Covart Energy Limited (Covart) has sharply increased its share of the trade of Russian oil since the price cap policy was implemented. Since May 2023, vessels chartered by Covart have made at least 23 port calls in Russia. Covart also owns a Russia-flagged vessel, the Sanar 15.

Parts for D500-type engines are sold to Kolomensky Zavod by Switzerland’s Sipavag AG, Lithuania’s D.Kudarauskienes Warehouse, and Austria’s Geislinger GmbH.

The logistics company Delamode Baltics, which in the past provided services to the Armed Forces of Lithuania, the State Border Guard Service and the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, was able to act as an intermediary in at least 10 deliveries of dual-purpose goods to Russia.

The German company EKC.AG has been supplying chromium to Russia for more than a year, despite international sanctions. Since February 24, 2022, the company has denied any ties to defense enterprises and claims that Russia has its own reserves of chromium and does not need to import ore. According to Handelsblatt, from January 2023 to April 2024, EKC exported chromium to Russia for about 24 million euros, which was more than half of the total annual imports of this metal to Russia during this period.

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.

The US introduced export restrictions against the company.

Everwest is transport logistic company moving goods between Europe and Russia. No at all official answers. Everwest was established, separated from Girteka group after beginning of the war, which is largest Europe's transport company. Everwest continues to hide its presence in russia under the name of company OOO Optitrans in Smolenks with ~140 employees just in the office and with offices in Moscow and Minsk and more subsidiaries. In Smolensk there is a large truck base, repair workshop, warehouses. Girteka/Everwest shareholders are hidden under the offshore company from Cyprus. Manager of russian branch is Denis Postukhov. Everwest/Girteka telling that they do leaving russia, reduce they business but that still continues 3 years where it is more an intention to save some time. Everwest belongs to the same shareholders as Girteka and main aim of Everwest is not to put a dirt on Girteka by doing business in russia. Everwest transports good from Europe to russia for companies like LeroyMerlin, BSH group, Auchan, many pharmaceutical companies.

Baltic companies are helping Russia's shadow fleet circumvent sanctions by secretly refueling ships. This is a network of Fast Bunkering companies, whose activities are concentrated in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and specialize in refueling ships. According to media reports, in particular, two tankers Rina and Zicone of Fast Bunkering from June 2024 to March 2025 delivered fuel to 177 oil tankers, most of which were transporting Russian oil, despite the sanctions.

Continued relations with Russia.

The Georgian Railway has purchased Russian locomotives for 216 million lari (more than 7 billion rubles).

Shareholders of logistics giant Girteka Group have ties to a Cyprus-registered company that owns at least 16 firms operating in Russia.

The United States has imposed sanctions on hundreds of entities and individuals for supporting Russia's military efforts in Ukraine, including companies that support the development of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project and the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as other future energy projects. A shipping company that loaded and transported LNG from Arctic LNG2.

In June 2025, Hegelmann Group owner Anton Hegelmann, together with the company’s lawyer Michal Bronas, attended a meeting in Elista, Russia. The event focused on Kalmykia’s cooperation with Iran and involved local officials. The presence of a shareholder and top management of Hegelmann in Russia is significant, as the company positions itself as a European player but takes part in public events in Russia. This raises questions about the company’s real stance on compliance with sanctions and its relations with the Russian Federation.

India to Sign $6.5 Billion Deal with Russian Firm for 120 Vande Bharat Express Trains. Russian rolling stock major TMH and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), Indian Railways PSU have resolved their differences and agreed to sign the Shareholders Agreement for manufacturing of 120 Vande Bharat trains with AC Sleeper coaches.

The necessary goods for the production of "Kinzhals" are also imported from Europe. According to the state procurement website, NPK KBM receives heat and cold chambers produced by "Espec" from the Moscow-based company "Ostek-Test." Even during the war, as indicated by ImportGenius data, this company continued to import Espec equipment from Poland. The sender was the company Intertrans Sp. z o.o. based in Siedlce.

The supplier of gun drills and other tools from the manufacturer Sandvik to NPK KBM is LLC "Mir stanochyka." This Russian defense contractor receives products from Sandvik through the company IR-Logistik GMBH in Berlin.

Jospong Group to sponsor 600 students to study in Russia.

Kargoline was registered a month after the start of the war in Ukraine, when Airbus, Boeing and other parts manufacturers banned Russian airlines. Azamat Alkadyrov, a former middle-ranking Kyrgyz official, became the director and owner. In July 2023, the US imposed sanctions against Kargoline. It follows from the customs data that the Lithuanian Right Direction Aero is not the only company from which the Kyrgyz Kargoline bought spare parts for the supply of the Russian AI Fly. NAZK included the company among the international sponsors of the war.

One of the newly sanctioned Turkish companies, Kartal Exim, describes itself as a “multifunctional supplier of technological equipment”. Russian records suggest it has shipped about $2.1mn of goods to Orlan LLC — a St Petersburg company that is a self-described fishing equipment supplier. By far the largest category of goods shipped from Kartal Exim to Orlan, worth $1.1mn, was listed as “data transmission” equipment, a category on the high priority goods list. The items, shipped from Istanbul, were made by western suppliers including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Fujitsu, Dell and Samsung.

The list of new sanctions by the US Treasury Department, published on October 30, included seven companies. Spare parts for Gulfstreams are also imported to Russia by FastAir International LLC. A pneumatic starter for an engine worth $486,000, made in the US, was imported through Oman with the help of the Turkish company Khius Uluslararasi Ticaret Ve Lojistik Anonim Sirk. And Moscow-based Eyelkey ​​LLC imported an ignition unit for a Gulfstream from Air Group Aviation (UK) through the mediation of the Turkish company Sup Havacilik Reklam Organizasyon Ticaret Limited.

Kuzey Logistics Tasimacilik Ithalat Ihracat Ve Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Kuzey Logistics) is a logistics company, with certificates of operation in Russia and Türkiye, which provides Russian customs clearance and truck transportation services in Russia.

Libyan Railroads and the Russian Railways Company (RZhD), Libya branch, discussed ways to activate the stalled Sirte-Benghazi rail project.

The USA expanded sanctions against companies and individuals from Russia. Finnish companies Siberica and Luminor, as well as members of their management who are citizens of France and Estonia, are also on black lists.

Iran's MAPNA has delivered its first MGT-70 advanced gas turbine to Russia as part of an agreement signed in 2022 to export 40 such units.

The USA imposed sanctions on the US company Mega Fast Cargo for the delivery of goods of American origin to Russia.

The Czech Republic announced that the share of Russian oil imports through the Druzhba oil pipeline has reached its peak since 2012. This was reported by the press secretary of the state company Mero, Barbora Putsova, in a comment for ČTK. According to her, in the first half of 2023, the country imported 65% of oil through the aforementioned Russian oil pipeline, while the corresponding indicator last year was 56%.

The company is actively exploring opportunities to work with Russian partners

The United States has imposed sanctions on hundreds of entities and individuals for supporting Russia's military efforts in Ukraine, including companies that support the development of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project and the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as other future energy projects. A shipping company that loaded and transported LNG from Arctic LNG2.

The new investor of the Pulkovo airport, Orbit Aviation, is a "daughter" of the state fund of Oman Saturn. In December, Orbit Aviation bought 25% of the German Fraport, which decided to leave Russia. In January 2024, the Saturn structure bought 23.9% of the gold mining company Polymetal from the IST group of Alexander Nesys.

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. OTK Group, the Latvian firm that shipped goods "at the request" of Kompaniya Elektroniks, is affiliated with ITC via Russian citizens who have served as its managers and shareholders.

The United States has imposed sanctions on hundreds of entities and individuals for supporting Russia's military efforts in Ukraine, including companies that support the development of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project and the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as other future energy projects. A shipping company that loaded and transported LNG from Arctic LNG2.

Russian rolling stock major TMH and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), Indian Railways PSU have resolved their differences and agreed to sign the Shareholders Agreement for manufacturing of 120 Vande Bharat trains with AC Sleeper coaches.

Supplied electric motors and other products to Russia during the period August 2022 - July 2023. These products are of significant importance for the railway engineering industry of the Russian economy, in particular they are used in the production of electric trains of the EP2D model. These trains are produced by the Demikhovsky Machine-Building Plant, part of Transmashholding CJSC. Transmashholding is subject to U.S. SDN sanctions and Ukrainian sanctions.

Denmark’s Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has defended its continued use of Russia’s rail network to transport cargo between China and Europe, claiming its actions comply with all of the rules currently in place.

The company Sentro Group acquired a controlling stake in the Russian bank "Mir Privilege". Sentro Group bought 50.001% of the bank's shares, the transaction amount is not disclosed.

Received revenues in Russia in 2021, there is no any official announcement

The USA expanded sanctions against companies and individuals from Russia. Finnish companies Siberica and Luminor, as well as members of their management who are citizens of France and Estonia, are also on black lists.

Smart Techno Group Dis Ticaret Ve Lojistik Limited Sirketi (Smart Techno Group) has sent high-priority goods to Russia, including electronic integrated circuits, machines for reception, conversion and transmission of data, and tantalum capacitors.

Stark Logistics, a transport company partly owned by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas' (Reform) husband Arvo Hallik, has continued doing business with Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Prime Minister of Estonia said that she financed her husband’s Russian-related business from savings before a career in politics.

The US introduced export restrictions against the company.

The list of new sanctions by the US Treasury Department, published on October 30, included seven companies. North-West Airlines LLC imported a GLOBAL 6000 aircraft in March. North-West also imports other Bombardier products. For example, thermistors (manufactured by Dassault, France), cylinders (Liebherr, USA), and a passenger seat adjustment control panel (Lufthansa Technik, Germany). The sellers are Sunshine Logistics Shenzhen Co (China), Blaze Logistics LLC (Oman), Arezo Aviation Services (India), and Skytop Aviation Supplies (China). The cost of such a unit is $223.5 thousand.

Big power plants and about 20 Russian coal companies discussed plans to increase bilateral trade

Tiger Logistics (India) Limited, one of India's leading international logistics companies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with H2 Invest Limited Liability Company, a Russian enterprise specializing in hydrogen technologies, for cooperation in the field of transportation and storage of liquid hydrogen in India.

No official statement

In February, the Dutch Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority issued permission to the special transport company Transrad to import UF6 into the country from Russia for the Dutch division of Urenco for a period of three years, which caused a scandal. Russia today controls almost 50% of the world's uranium enrichment capacity, and Rosatom supplies more than a fifth of the enriched uranium for nuclear reactors in the United States and Europe. Urenco accounts for 31% of the uranium enrichment market.

Unipec adds 10 vessels to transport crude from Russia

Russian e-commerce platform acquires state-owned stake in UzPost. As of October 13, 2025 it remains unclear which Russian marketplace acquired a stake in the Uzbek postal operator. However, several reports indicate that Wildberries may have been involved in the privatization.

The German company Vansped Logistics (on behalf of Reißaus & Baumberg Maschinenbau GmbH) has already supplied Stan LLC with technical equipment for foundries after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the ImportGenius database, deliveries were made in July 2022.

Lithuanian company Vinges Terminalas, previously mentioned in The Insider's investigation into grey deliveries of electronics for drone production to Russia, was involved in the logistics chain: it was its warehouse near Vilnius that received clothing that was later shipped to Belarus. Company representatives claim that they do not know whether the warehouse is used to supply luxury goods to Russia, and state that they have no contracts with Eksporttorg or Paskaltrade.

According to customs data, since the beginning of the year, more than 60 tons of special industrial lubricants under such codes have been sent to Russia via the German city of Lübeck. The supplier was VIP Resource Limited with an address in Hong Kong. At the same time, Germany was indicated as the country of departure, and Lübeck as the place of shipment. The recipient was the Yekaterinburg company OOO Amertend, which actively sells lubricants for machine tools at retail in Russia.

Ongoing operations

The United States has imposed sanctions on hundreds of entities and individuals for supporting Russia's military efforts in Ukraine, including companies that support the development of Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project and the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as other future energy projects. A shipping company that loaded and transported LNG from Arctic LNG2.

According to LRT journalistic investigations, chips, bearings, antennas, capacitors, radio navigation devices, semiconductors and other dual-purpose goods were supposed to be exported to third countries, but ended up in Russia. As reported, 70 companies exported sanctioned goods more than once. One of them, the transport company Zetemzeja, registered in Klaipeda, allegedly shipped American-made microchips.

Three chartered ships from Zhonggu Logistics, of 3,398-4,872 teu. Transfar has diverted from its waning transpacific service, will soon join the loop, as will three more in April to boost frequency.