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Russian missiles and drones “are full of Western components,” he said. “Companies can say that they’re not selling anything to Russia that they’re just selling to some intermediaries. But it doesn’t change the fact that those parts are getting into Russia in huge volumes.” Budanov believes that the only way to block the Russian capability to target Ukraine is to stop the flow of semiconductors to Russia. But that is not happening, “everybody’s averting their eyes from what’s going on.” Efforts to crack down on the intermediary companies that ship chips to Russia are a cat-and-mouse game. As so…

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