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Russian firms including MH17 missile maker skirt sanctions to buy Microsoft products

Russian state companies including the maker of the missile believed to have downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have continued to acquire Microsoft products despite US sanctions, according to government documents.

State entities in Russia and Crimea that are under sanctions have obtained more than 5,000 Microsoft products worth 60 million roubles, or nearly £800,000, Reuters found. The purchases were listed on a state procurement database, and sources involved in five of them told Reuters the software had been obtained.

Read more at The Telegraph

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