EU citizen's company shipped sanctioned equipment to Russian defense firms, trade data shows

A Turkish company co-owned by an EU citizen shipped banned EU equipment worth millions of dollars to Russian companies linked to the arms conglomerate Rostec, OCCRP reported on 19 June, citing trade data.

Per the investigation, Redwing Metal Uluslararasi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi exported more than $5 million of metalworking machinery in 2023-24 — including four CNC lathes, a heat-treatment furnace and a hydraulic press, plus some $1.3 million of shipbuilding gear — to Aluminum Metallurg Rus and Stupino Metallurgical Company. The plants' owner, Nikolay Timokhin, is the son-in-law of Igor Zavyalov, deputy head of sanctioned Rostec, per OCCRP.

OCCRP reports that the two plants supplied more than 40 Russian defence companies between 2022 and 2025, making components for tanks, artillery, fighter jets and missiles, including the Kh-101 type that killed 24 civilians in Kyiv on 14 May 2026. The equipment traced originated with manufacturers in Italy, Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic; Italy's MCM confirmed 2023 sales to Redwing under explicit re-export prohibitions and denies knowledge of onward shipment to Russia.

The company's Dutch co-owner, Alexander Tattersall, who holds a 40% stake, told OCCRP he had limited knowledge of operations and that Redwing "has never been involved in any 'schemes'" to ship sanctioned goods to Russia; his Turkish partner questioned the "source and legality" of the trade data. No regulatory action was recorded in the material available.