Why have EU sanctions missed the company behind Russia’s tank industry?
With more than four years of full-scale war and 12 years since Russia first invaded Ukraine, it seems the European Union has developed an extensive arsenal of tools to sanction Moscow, but one problem appears to persist: the visibility problem.
Consider two companies that share a name.
The first is Research and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod in Nizhny Tagil, Russia's only tank manufacturer. It has been under EU sanctions since March 2022 for supplying the T-72B3 tanks used against Ukrai
