After the start of the SVO, Russia received at least 110,000 Swiss-made high-capacity cartridges, despite the ban on the supply of Swiss ammunition to Russia that had been in effect since 2014. According to NZZ am Sonntag, Ruag Ammotec cartridges for sniper rifles arrived there via Slovenia and Kyrgyzstan. In the Russian certification registry he found documents for two groups: 60 thousand rounds registered on December 30, 2022, and 50 thousand - April 5, 2023. In both cases, the manufacturer is Ruag Ammotec AG from Tuna. The ammunition was first launched legally into Slovenia. The buyer, Gasper Heibal, promised Switzerland that they would stay in the country; Documents from the Slovenian Ministry of Defense indicate that he apparently returned them to two Kyrgyz companies.

After the start of the SVO, Russia received at least 110,000 Swiss-made high-capacity cartridges, despite the ban on the supply of Swiss ammunition to Russia that had been in effect since 2014. According to NZZ am Sonntag, Ruag Ammotec cartridges for sniper rifles arrived there via Slovenia and Kyrgyzstan. In the Russian certification registry he found documents for two groups: 60 thousand rounds registered on December 30, 2022, and 50 thousand - April 5, 2023. In both cases, the manufacturer is Ruag Ammotec AG from Tuna. The ammunition was first launched legally into Slovenia. The buyer, Gasper Heibal, promised Switzerland that they would stay in the country; Documents from the Slovenian Ministry of Defense indicate that he apparently returned them to two Kyrgyz companies.