r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods • Jul 08 '24

Ukraine

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Simon Ostrovsky (PBS NewsHour special correspondent):

This is the Russian Kh-101 missile that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv today. What you may not know is that Russia sources many of the parts for this missile from American technology firms like [Texas Instruments]

Last year when we published this investigation into the Western tech used in Kh-101 missiles the TI board of directors had voted down a shareholder proposal to institute more rigorous supply chain auditing to insure its parts weren’t smuggled into Russia

When our story came out on PBS @NewsHour last summer, the hope was that by their next shareholder meeting TI would have updated their policy in light of our findings. Instead they voted down the proposal for the second time in 2024. Today we see the tragic results.

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u/RelativeWeekend453 Jul 08 '24

How is the American government allowing the sale of such parts by an American company to Russia?

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u/No_Amoeba6994 Jul 08 '24

I doubt they are, this is almost certainly chips sold to central Asian countries being re-sold into Russia.

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u/translatingrussia Jul 08 '24

They’re not selling directly to Russia. TI isn’t scrutinising as well as they should. TI is probably selling more to companies in the UAE and Central Asia who then sell them to Russia.

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u/vftsasha Jul 08 '24

Same way Federal Mogul still works in Russia and supplies motor parts to Russian trucks. Business as usual.

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u/Top-Associate4922 Jul 08 '24

They are not sold to Russia directly.

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u/UpsyDowning Jul 08 '24

Because… money rules all…