LONDON—Britain is still authorizing the export of arms and military equipment to Russia despite the government’s call for tough sanctions over Moscow’s arming of separatist rebels in Ukraine, a group of lawmakers said Wednesday.
A group of legislative committees that oversee arms export controls said there are 251 export licenses in place for sale of goods worth at least 132 million pounds ($225 million) to Russia. The report did not detail actual exports, simply the licenses.
The permits cover sniper rifles, night sights, small arms ammunition, gun mountings, body armor, military communications equipment, and “equipment employing cryptography.”
“Russia is an authoritarian regime,” said …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
