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You can start with this (1/2):

CNC controllers (Fanuc, Siemens, Heidenhain)
PLC controllers (Siemens)
Electric linear actuators (Fanuc, Siemens)
Linear Displacement Sensors (Heidenhain, Siemens, Renishaw)
Spindles (Kessler, Fischer, Ibag)
Electric motors (Siemens, Fanuc)
Ballscrews (THK, NSK, Hiwin)
Turrets (Duplomatic, Sauter, Baruffaldi)
Hydraulics (Bosch-Rexroth)
End Mills (Sandvik)
Cutting fluids (ZET-Chemie, etc.)
Bearings (SKF)

This list is by no means exhaustive. It just gives you some idea of where to look into
Cutting fluids are critical for the cutting operations -> production of precise parts -> weaponry (such as missiles)

Zet-Chemie is one of cutting fluids producers still operating in Russia Charge ZET-Chemie GmbH retrospectively. They should be fined into bankruptcy
Some idea of the Zet-Chemie clients in Russia:

Krasmash (Красмаш). The Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant, producer of the liquid-propellant ballistic missiles, such as the ICBM Sarmat or SLBM Sineva See the Krasmash corporate magazine "Sineva" (№4 2017, P. 5)

The Krasmash-produced ICBM Sarmat has been a major tool of the nuclear blackmail (see the Russian TV propaganda). I don't quite understand why the involvement of Western European manufacturers into the Russian strategic missiles industry has never been properly investigated
That's how I see the never ending hysteria about the Risk of a Nuclear War in the Western media.

The Russian capacity for producing either the WMD or the WMD delivery system, as well as maintaining the existing park fully depends upon the continuous Western supplies & support
I also think that Zet-Chemie GmbH should be fined into bankruptcy. Actions are not moved by preaching, nor abstract principles. They are moved by incentives. The best way to prevent Zet-Chemie etc. from supplying the Russian missile industry is to impose a financial disincentive

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Jun 30
Daily reminder

Russian capacity for the production of weaponry is critically dependent upon the uninterrupted supply of the machine tools and parts by the U.S. allies

Why? For the lack of alternatives. China is not an alternative people think it is, esp. when it comes to parts
Sanctions are inefficient in undermining the Russian weaponry production capacities, as they do not adequately target its main chokepoint - production base. More specifically, machining equipment which is necessary to produce precise components and, therefore, weaponry
To be fair, China *is* advancing. Compare the Russian import structure in the 2000s vs 2010s. But it is not anywhere as advanced as laymen believe (yet)

FYI: The advance of China is largely due to localisation of Europ/Jap/Taiw producers, JVs with them and technology transfer
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Jun 29
The media and the academia are obsessed with the unimportant. Once you interiorise this principle, their obsession with "Putin's philosopher" Dugin becomes almost forgivable

There's no philosopher at the Putin's court

The king doesn't need a philosopher

He needs a jester🧵
As I said, obsession with the (supposed) "philosopher behind the Putin's plan" is almost forgivable, considering that the dominant Western discourse in Russia is mostly a projection of Western intellectuals. They project their fears, of course. But also their hopes and dreams
Being the King's Philosopher, a brain behind the tyrant, has been a wet dream of intellectuals at least since the days of Plato. It almost always ended the same. After all these millennia, intellectuals could have learned a basic truth:

The King is in no need of a "philosopher"
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Jun 28
1. Kornilov putsch fails
2. Purges against its real or imaginary supporters follow
3. Two months later the Bolsheviks come to power

Focusing on whether the putsch was orchestrated by the government (it probably was) is missing the point. Staged or not, its consequences are real
There is often an implicit assumption that the "serious" ventures have serious consequences, while the "non-serious" (stage, orchestrated, just a show) ones don't

This assumption is completely and fundamentally wrong. It is usually the other way around
As a general rule, anything serious and long lasting can commence only non-seriously

Consequently, what had been started seriously will most probably lead nowhere
Read 4 tweets
Jun 24
Where is Russia going?

Prigozhin's mutiny looks shady. And that is fine. Many coup stories sound shady even in retrospective, as they often included some elements of 4D chess by the political leadership. Still, their consequences were real.

So let's talk of the consequnces🧵
Raising a mutiny in the south, far off from the capital may sound like a dumb plan. Unless this was not a plan at all. My hypothesis: it looks like a false start

23 June - Wagner mutiny
24-25 June - "Scarlet Sails" in St Petersburg

Both Putin and Medvedev were expected to come
The ruling gang is first and foremost a St Petersburg gang. The core of the Russian leadership including Putin, Medvedev and many others including Prigozhin were originally an extensive crony network from St Petersburg. With Putin's succession in 2000 they became the regime
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Jun 24
What is happening in Russia?

The mutiny is real. It is also unlikely to succeed. Most probable outcome is:

1. The mutiny fails
2. The regime stands (for a few months)
3. Upon its suppression, regime becomes increasingly dysfunctional -> falls

In other words, Kornilov putsch🧵
Let's start with the "real" part. A sizeable force of Wagner troops have left their positions in East Ukraine and entered the Russian region of Rostov Oblast. This is a real mutiny
It is also likely to fail. Not because there is few of them, but rather because they are far away

Russia is a hypercentralised country. Control over Moscow is the only thing that matters. And it is unlikely these fellows will be able to reach it, let alone occupy it
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Jun 23
No, it's not. Supply chains for the industrial equipment are usually very, very straightforward because THERE IS NO NEED TO HIDE:

Foreign supplier -> Intermediary in Russia* -> Russian military producer

Intermediary = Distributor/"Producer"/Service & maintenance company, etc.
People usually hold delusional ideas about the Russian military supply chains presuming they are highly secretive and use complex unobvious routes

When it comes to production base, this assumption is almost always wrong

They don't hide because THERE'S NO NEED TO HIDE
What makes it even more straightforward is the asymmetry of production base:

Casting/Forming equipment have sizeable non-military consumers, e.g. metallurgy

Cutting tools do not. Even back in 2013, the military counted for 80% of consumption

That was before the militarization
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