Analysis of the Defence Industry of the Russian Federation – Impact on the National Security of Romania

The Russian Federation allocates significant government funds for the development of the defence industry in order to successfully support the military conflict in Ukraine. In order to support the war effort, the Moscow authorities have ordered measures to strengthen the domestic defence industry, while at the same time purchasing certain military and dual-use products from strategic partners such as China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, in order to cope with the sanctions imposed by the Euro-Atlantic states. The Russian Federation’s main strategic partner in Asia is China, which has given the necessary military aid to the Moscow authorities to support the military conflict in Ukraine, although the Beijing authorities are declaring that they support neutrality and a balanced approach to this war illegally waged by the Russian Federation in Ukraine. The defence industry of the Russian Federation is capable of sustaining the military conflict in Ukraine in the long term, benefiting from research and development capabilities of military products and technologies, including on the basis of technological support received from China. In this context, it is necessary to take measures at the level of the Euro-Atlantic states to reduce the resilience of the Russian Federation’s defence industry, including by adopting additional sanctions against the Russian Federation and its allies, which would have a direct impact in reducing the production of military equipment and munitions.