{"id":130589,"date":"2025-03-19T00:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130589\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarus-sanctioned-factory-buys-components-in-us-investigative-group","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130589\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; sanctioned factory buys components in US \u2013 investigative group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Minsk-based P\u0142anar microelectronics factory buys components in the United States, the BelPol association <a href=\"https:\/\/belpol.pro\/planar-zakupaet-oborudovanie-v-ssha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US sanctioned the factory in 2023 and the UK, Australia and Canada in 2024, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It called the Belarusian company a key supplier of equipment to Russian microcircuit manufacturers and the Minsk-based Intehra\u0142 microchip factory, which &#8220;actively works for the Russian military-industrial complex.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;On November 5, 2024, the company signed a contract with the American semiconductor manufacturer TEKSOLI, Inc. for the delivery of sets of standard wafers with latex spheres for a total of $10,235,&#8221; BelPol said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its opinion, &#8220;such companies should be subject to strict control, and their activities should be limited as much as possible by international sanctions to prevent further risks to global security.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 19, 2024, BelPol released on its YouTube channel an investigation on Belarusian companies that make millions of dollars by supplying weapons to Russia and circumventing sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">EU sanctions Belarus\u2019 chip maker Intehra\u0142<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 24, Pozirk. The European Union added the Minsk-based Intehra\u0142 chip factory in its 16th sanctions package on the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The document was adopted as a response to steps \u201cundermining or threatening the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/127595\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 19, Pozirk. The Minsk-based P\u0142anar microelectronics factory buys components in the United States, the BelPol association reported. The US sanctioned the factory in 2023 and the UK, Australia and Canada in 2024, it said. It called the Belarusian company a key supplier of equipment to Russian microcircuit manufacturers and the Minsk-based Intehra\u0142 microchip factory, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":130575,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-130589","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus&#039; sanctioned factory buys components in US \u2013 investigative group | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 19, Pozirk. The Minsk-based P\u0142anar microelectronics factory buys components in the United States, the BelPol association reported. 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