“There is Extreme Networks equipment used on Russian warships.” The internal complaint was filed in April 2022 by an employee of the US company. The company denied it, but a Reuters investigation showed it Extreme Networks introduced communication systems Russian munitions manufacturers.
In response to Reuters, Extreme Networks said it found no evidence of supplying military materials to entities, just a complaint from a disgruntled employee who was eventually fired for poor performance. But Reuters found other evidence of these blocked sales The company responded that they were undercover.
The news agency analyzed documents from 2017 to 2021, including sales reports, spoke to three sources familiar with the submissions, and found evidence that Extreme Networks continued to supply computer network equipment to Russian companies, including MMZ Avangard, blacklisted in the US since 2014.
MMZ Avangard is a Russian state-owned company that manufactures S-400 anti-aircraft defense system missiles and has been banned from receiving US supplies since 2014, when parent company Almaz-Antey was added to the sanctions list. Extreme Networks says it does not serve sanctioned entities, but it admits it It is not always known who the final buyer is. Reuters was able to identify three companies in the Russian military sector.
One of the sources told Reuters that MMZ Avangard was forced to use a shell company to circumvent US sanctions and used DMZ for this purpose. Reuters confirmed that DEMZ made tools for the maintenance of railway cars, but that it has been inactive since 2016. MMZ Avangard began purchasing equipment from the US company in December 2017.
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