Medical Cover, Military Purpose: Russia’s Sanctions Evasion Uncovered Russia is using EU medical exemptions as a cover to import banned high-tech goods, including dual-use items that can be redirected for military purposes. As Bloomberg reports, Lithuanian customs blocked nearly 29,000 suspicious shipments in 2024 alone – all declared as medical, but containing electronics, car components, and microdevices. Vilnius is calling on the EU to tighten its sanctions regime by ending automatic exemptions and introducing mandatory checks before such goods are exported to Russia. Read more here: https://uatv.ua/en/lithuania-exposes-russia-s-abuse-of-eu-medical-exemptions-to-bypass-sanctions/