Russia procures tank parts from Japan and Taiwan via China

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, inspects infantry fighting vehicles in November 2015. (Reuters/Alexei Nikolskyi/Sputnik/Kremlin)

TAKAYUKI TANAKA and YUSUKE HINATA, Nikkei staff writers

KYIV/TOKYO -- A Russian arms maker is importing components for precision instruments made in Japan and Taiwan essential to tank production as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Nikkei has learned.

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