MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd August, 2018) Russia will in any case abandon purchases of dual-purpose electronic devices and components from the United States, will buy devices from other countries, including China, the deputy chair of the Russian upper houses committee on defense and security told Sputnik.
On August 8, the United States announced new anti-Russian sanctions over Moscow's alleged use of chemical weapons in Salisbury in early March to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. The new sanctions include, in particular, the ban on supplies of dual-purpose electronic devices and components to Russia.
"We will refuse all US components in any case ... There are similar samples of what we are buying from the United States in third countries, including China," Alexei Kondratyev said.
