Soft and Power

Russian state companies and organizations, as well as Crimean enterprises, bypassing sanctions, bought Microsoft software. It is reported by Reuters with reference to information from the public procurement website.

According to Reuters, the enterprise has acquired more than 5 thousand Microsoft products for 60 million rubles (more than a million dollars). Users provided the American corporation with false information about themselves or purchased programs through third parties. Among buyers, the agency calls the Almaz-Antey, the Glavgosexpertiza, as well as the resort of the Crimea Ministry of Defense and the Sea Shipyard on the peninsula.

“Microsoft is firmly committed to compliance with legal requirements and has been studying this issue in recent weeks,” the agency in the American corporation told the agency. “We have a strict procedure for compliance with trading rules around the world, designed to ensure that our partners compliance with all the conditions and the immediate suspension of the alleged inappropriate partners, as well as strict measures aimed at preventing the receipt Access and use of our products and services by customers who are distributed prohibitions. "

In March 2014, the United States and the EU imposed sanctions against Russia in connection with the occupation of Crimea. Since then, the list has been expanding repeatedly. On September 12, 2014, the United States and the European Union imposed sector sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Sanctions, in particular, prohibit export by American and European companies of any products, services and technologies to Crimea.

Nevertheless, Western products continue to enter the peninsula. So, on July 6, Reuters said that two of the four Turbines of Siemens - Gas Turbine Technologies, which, according to the contract, were supposed to be installed at the power plant under construction in Tamani, arrived in the sea in Sevastopol .

On July 10, Siemens stated that they did not give consent to the supply of turbines for an annexed Ukrainian peninsula, and the buyer of the Technopromesport installations over the past few months repeatedly confirmed that the equipment would not get to the Crimea.

Meanwhile, on July 13, Reuters reported that objects were discovered on the ship moored in the port of Feodosia, which, in shape and sizes , resembling two other Siemens turbines . On the 21st, the German concern confirmed that all four turbines were delivered to the Crimea , intended according to the contract for the Taman power plant. In this regard, Siemens announced that he was leaving the capital of the joint venture "Interewomatics". It was "Interewomatics", said in the concern, reconstructed turbines in order to hide their origin, to circumvent the ban on the supply of equipment to the Crimea. In addition, Siemens said that he stops supplying the generating equipment to Russian firms, controlled by the state, terminating the relevant agreements.

On August 4, the European Union imposed sanctions in connection with the supply of turbines to Crimea