France and Germany 'sold £230,000,000 of weapons to Russia before invasion'.
The European Commission has been forced to close a loophole to prevent European firms doing business with Moscow.
It said it had been passed analysis by an MEP which showed companies from ‘at least 10 members of states’ had got around an embargo imposed after the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Almost four fifths of the £230 million worth of lethal equipment was sent by France and Germany.
The German government said the sale of ‘dual-use’ equipment like rifles and armoured vehicles was only authorised after it received assurances they were not for military use.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=06433279ce6d40faafd530ec5a9f59ff
The European Commission has been forced to close a loophole to prevent European firms doing business with Moscow.
It said it had been passed analysis by an MEP which showed companies from ‘at least 10 members of states’ had got around an embargo imposed after the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Almost four fifths of the £230 million worth of lethal equipment was sent by France and Germany.
The German government said the sale of ‘dual-use’ equipment like rifles and armoured vehicles was only authorised after it received assurances they were not for military use.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...sedgntp&cvid=06433279ce6d40faafd530ec5a9f59ff