{"id":1399514,"date":"2026-05-30T20:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/impact-of-sanctions-russia-has-stepped-up-espionage-to-steal-western-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T17:37:27","slug":"impact-of-sanctions-russia-has-stepped-up-espionage-to-steal-western-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/impact-of-sanctions-russia-has-stepped-up-espionage-to-steal-western-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of sanctions: Russia has stepped up espionage to steal Western technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russia has stepped up its efforts to acquire Western technology and defense products amid sanctions restrictions. According to European intelligence agencies, Moscow is increasingly using industrial espionage, cyberattacks, and networks of intermediaries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-sanctions-intelligence-economy-defense-10ea5ad20158945f18c718375b84a2f3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Associated Press<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> According to the agency&#8217;s interlocutors, Russian intelligence services are expanding the use of industrial and cyber espionage tools to compensate for limited access to critically important Western technologies.<\/p>\n<p> Sources note that Russian agents use complex schemes that include creating shell companies, involving intermediaries, and recruiting hackers to conduct cyberespionage operations.<\/p>\n<p> According to European security services, the information obtained can be used both for the development of the Russian defense industry and for potential attacks on the critical infrastructure of European states. The agency&#8217;s interlocutors emphasize that sanctions in recent years have significantly limited Russia&#8217;s ability to purchase equipment, technologies and scientific developments in Europe, which has prompted Moscow to intensify espionage activities.<\/p>\n<p> Representatives of the Swedish and Finnish intelligence services reported that Russia is purposefully trying to gain access to advanced dual-use technologies. Among the priority areas, according to them:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\"><\/p>\n<li> defense developments and modern weapons;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> aviation technologies, particularly those related to fighter jets;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> laser and optical systems;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> space technologies;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> quantum and Arctic research;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> marine technologies;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> industrial equipment and software for machine tools.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Also, according to sources, Russian structures are trying to obtain civilian technologies that can be adapted for military needs.<\/p>\n<p> European officials say Russia is actively using cyberattacks against companies and critical infrastructure to gather information and prepare for possible future operations. Some of the attacks, they say, have shown signs of attempts to physically damage energy infrastructure. Some of these operations may have been aimed at undermining Western support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Experts believe that the Russian approach to conducting such operations is becoming riskier and less cautious about possible exposure.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published data on enterprises involved in the production of the Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/hur-opryliudnylo-dani-pro-vyrobnykiv-komponentiv-su-34-tretyna-z-nykh-dosi-ne-pid-sanktsiiamy\/\">Almost a third of the 79 companies are still not under sanctions by any of the countries of the sanctions coalition.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has stepped up its efforts to acquire Western technology and defense products amid sanctions restrictions. According to European intelligence agencies, Moscow is increasingly using industrial espionage, cyberattacks, and networks of intermediaries. This is reported by the Associated Press . According to the agency&#8217;s interlocutors, Russian intelligence services are expanding the use of industrial and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1399507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1399514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1399507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}