A UK firm, Beck Optronic Solutions, is implicated in selling high-tech equipment worth $2.1m to Russian companies linked to the military, despite claiming no knowledge of such shipments. The investigation reveals that the equipment was funneled through a company run by Valeria Baigascina, a model in Belarus, raising concerns about the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia. Customs documents show multiple shipments of military-grade optics, with allegations of falsified documents and evasion of sanctions. Teljes cikk (bbc.com europe)