A new company appeared in the Turkish corporate registry in March of this year. Azu International, which markets itself as a wholesaler of IT products, began shipping US computer parts to Russia a week later.
Business was brisk, Russian customs records show. In the year The United States and the European Union recently restricted sensitive technologies to Russia in the wake of the February 24 invasion of Ukraine, and many Western technology companies cut ties with Moscow.
Azu International, founded by Turkish businessman Gokturk Agvaz, helped fill the supply gap. Over the next seven months, the company shipped at least $20 million worth of components to Russia, including chips made by American manufacturers, according to Russian customs records.
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