Despite US sanctions, Russia’s primary diamond producer, Alrosa, keeps selling to the West using intermediaries. Alrosa even managed to boost its sales in 2023. Some of the profit could have been spent on direct support for the Russian military: https://
kyivindependent.com/that-diamond-r
ing-it-may-have-helped-pay-for-russias-war/
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