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Sanctions cause major problems to Russia and its entities that try to bypass them
Technologies being developed in Lithuania may be targeted by hostile foreign actors
Chinese military company covertly tried to acquire technology being developed in Lithuania*
Russia runs out of options to use energy supplies as leverage
Rosatom develops projects abroad, but its technologies are defective
As international sanctions imposed on Russia have had a negative impact on the country’s economy, Russian businesses try to establish schemes to bypass sanctions by searching for intermediaries, including in Lithuania.
Russia seeks to use energy supplies to Europe as leverage; however, it highly likely will lose it in the near term.
Rosatom tries to retain position in the nuclear energy market; however, according to intelligence, the technologies it provides are defective. Rosatom’s technological problems are well illus- trated by the situation at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant.
