Nuclear weapons manufacturers in Russia have used technologies sourced from Sweden for several years. According to the tender documents, the Swedish metalworking technology is particularly sought after by the Russians, the “Expressen” newspaper revealed.
Documents and contracts from Russian orders show that the equipment of several Swedish industrial groups has been sold and delivered to institutions participating in the Russian nuclear weapons program.
Swedish companies include Sandvik, SKF, Seco Tools and Atlas Copco. One of them, Atlas Copco, has already confirmed the results of an investigation by the Swedish daily. It has now launched its own investigation and has already discovered more than 50 transactions that were carried out in violation of its rules.
Russian nuclear weapons are produced and developed by a number of state-owned enterprises and research centers. Expressen found out how Swedish industrial groups have sold and supplied technologies for Vladimir Putin’s nuclear weapons program for several years. Since 2014, the export of domestic products intended for military use to Russia has been banned by Stockholm.
The components most desired by Moscow included, among others precision cutting devices, lathes, milling machines and drills made of tungsten. The list of Swedish products purchased by nuclear weapons manufacturers also includes ball bearings and compressor equipment.
The Swedish technology was to be used by the Russian Federal Nuclear Center and the Institute of Experimental Physics. The newspaper’s journalists determined that it was also used by the Volgograd-based company Titan-Barrikady.
Expressen stated that the Swedish products were purchased by sixteen different companies and organizations directly involved in the Russian production of nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear weapons manufacturers in Russia have used technologies sourced from Sweden for several years. According to the tender documents, the Swedish metalworking technology is particularly sought after by the Russians, the “Expressen” newspaper revealed.
Documents and contracts from Russian orders show that the equipment of several Swedish industrial groups has been sold and delivered to institutions participating in the Russian nuclear weapons program.
Swedish companies include Sandvik, SKF, Seco Tools and Atlas Copco. One of them, Atlas Copco, has already confirmed the results of an investigation by the Swedish daily. It has now launched its own investigation and has already discovered more than 50 transactions that were carried out in violation of its rules.
Russian nuclear weapons are produced and developed by a number of state-owned enterprises and research centers. Expressen found out how Swedish industrial groups have sold and supplied technologies for Vladimir Putin’s nuclear weapons program for several years. Since 2014, the export of domestic products intended for military use to Russia has been banned by Stockholm.
The components most desired by Moscow included, among others precision cutting devices, lathes, milling machines and drills made of tungsten. The list of Swedish products purchased by nuclear weapons manufacturers also includes ball bearings and compressor equipment.
The Swedish technology was to be used by the Russian Federal Nuclear Center and the Institute of Experimental Physics. The newspaper’s journalists determined that it was also used by the Volgograd-based company Titan-Barrikady.
Expressen stated that the Swedish products were purchased by sixteen different companies and organizations directly involved in the Russian production of nuclear weapons.
Punish those responsible to make an example.
[Here’s the original article, in Swedish](https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/ryska-tillverkare-av–karnvapen-koper–svensk-utrustning/). Google translate should work well though.