The FBI and the US Department of Commerce have launched an investigation into the possible supply of high-tech devices manufactured by American companies to manufacturers of Russian military equipment, despite the sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation..

According to The Washington Post, during the hostilities in Ukraine, microcircuits manufactured by American companies were found in the drones, radars, tanks and other military equipment of the Russian Federation captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine..

A source close to the investigation claims that the special services intend to establish how these microcircuits ended up in the military equipment of the Russian Federation and "

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Earlier it was reported that sanctions imposed by Washington are forcing Russia to use computer chips from dishwashers and refrigerators in military equipment.. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

U.S. technology exports to Russia have fallen nearly 70% since sanctions were imposed in late February, Raimondo said.. Another three dozen countries have adopted similar export bans, also affecting Belarus. Their goal is not to provide the Russian Federation with technologies that it could use to continue the war..