German company fined €1.3 million for supplying hydraulic hammer to Crimea

In Germany, a Schleswig-Holstein company was ordered to pay a fine of €1.3 million for the supply of a hydraulic hammer, which was subsequently used in the construction of the Crimean Bridge. This is reported by the publication Stern with reference to the decision of the District COURT of the city of Kiel.

According to the publication, the deliveries were made between 2016 and 2017. At the same time, the name of the company and the name of its owner, who received a fine of €18,000, were not disclosed. 

In March 2021, a Hamburg court sentenced two German citizens for violating an arms embargo on RUSSIA, imposed after Crimea was annexed in 2014. One person was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison, as well as to pay nearly €8 million. release.

The court found that the convicts supplied to Russia dual-use goods prohibited in the EU for EXPORT to Russia. The EU banned the supply of such goods to Russia in 2014 as a response to the annexation of Crimea.