Chinese traders & Moroccan ports: How Russia flouts global tech bans

Convex, a Russian telecommunications company, found a solution to obtain American equipment despite trade limits imposed on Russia. They easily obtained Cisco gear through a Russian e-commerce site called Nag, which bypassed restrictions by purchasing the equipment from suppliers in China. Convex engineers installed the gear at Russia's Federal Security Service offices. Russian authorities and companies have exploited cracks in the global response by using intermediaries in China, shell companies, and ports in Morocco and Turkiye for transshipment.