Russia is struggling to reduce its dependence on critical foreign technologies after western sanctions severed Moscow from global supply chains, according to an internal government tally seen by the FT.
The assessment, compiled by the economy ministry in February last year, lays bare the difficulty of weaning the country off western-made technologies since President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Russia remains critically dependent on imports in areas at the heart of its war effort, including machinery, drone manufacturing and energy production, the document says. Efforts to expand non-energy exports and build the infrastructure needed to sustain production and overseas supply chains have also stalled.
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