I was ready to dismiss this as hyperbole – after all, there are INNUMERABLE ways that US equipment could make its way to Russian factories.
Then I read the words of the chairman of their board:
Hans Naumann (through interpreter):
I think that Trump, unlike many European politicians, has recognized that the white population must stand together. Americans, Europeans, Australians, they’re roughly 1.5 billion people, but Asians come to six billion.
In my opinion, the world’s demographics compel the two nuclear powers, that’s America and Russia, to stand together.
It turns out they shipped equipment directly from their German facilities to Russian military companies, potentially in violation of the 2014 sanctions.