{"id":67085,"date":"2024-03-11T16:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/11\/russian-arms-export-plummet-amid-war-sanctions-think-tank\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:07:25","slug":"russian-arms-export-plummet-amid-war-sanctions-think-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2024\/03\/11\/russian-arms-export-plummet-amid-war-sanctions-think-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian arms exports plummet amid war, sanctions: think tank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MILAN \u2014 Russian weapons exports have dropped dramatically under the shadow of Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the global sanctions that followed, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sale of Russian weapons to other countries fell by 53% between the five-year periods of 2014-18 and 2019-23, according to the latest report by the think tank, dated March 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Moscow exported major arms to 31 countries in 2019, this number plummeted to only 12 last year, with Western sanctions against the Kremlin representing one of the key reasons some governments are interested to buy elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report noted that the three largest receivers of Russian-made weapons between 2019-23 were India, China, and Egypt. However, the amount of equipment that those governments acquired underwent a steep decrease.<\/p>\n\n\n\t