Thread by @CorporalFrisk

Norwegian ship engine manufacturer #BergenEngines to be sold to #Transmashholding. Now questions in Norway about what it means that the manufacturer and maintainer for a number of their key defense and coast guards vessels will be owned by oligarks close to Putin. #turpo=#säkpol

https://twitter.com/Totalforsvar/status/1364884008409120768

Notable that one of the areas where Russia still seriously struggles with covering the suppliers lost due to post-#Crimea embargo is boat and ship propulsion.

One of the solutions has been to buy propulsion solutions sold for "civilian" use or routing them through third parties, but this require companies willing to sell with few questions asked (much of the #exportcontrol in the field hinges on companies doing their due diligence).

So far I've not seen much in the way of Norwegian equipment on new Russian naval or other military projects after Crimea (based on OSINT Norway seems to have done a better job than most other Nordic countries), let's hope it stays that way!