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Wezeman, Siemon et al.. 2015 ‘The Impact of the Crisis in Ukraine on Arms Transfers.’ SIPRI Yearbook 2015, pp. 75-76. Stockholm: SIPRI. 1 March

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The crisis also affected Russian–Ukrainian arms trade relations, which after some hesitation on the Ukrainian side had been broken off by the end of 2014—probably irreversibly. This presents serious problems for Russia, which is dependent on Ukraine for some key components and must now find alternatives.

(…) Russia inherited most of the Soviet arms industry after the break-up of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, but some significant design and production facilities were located in other Soviet republics. Ukraine was the second largest heir to the Soviet arms industry and Russia became dependent on Ukraine for key components for a number of weapons in service, production or development. Despite Russia's efforts to duplicate or replace these components, by 2014 it was still reliant on Ukrainian production with regard to several important weapons.

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