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7/ Harxon is not under restrictive measures in spite of its key role in Russian drone production and maintains distributors in 27 countries, including the United States, France, and the UK. It also participates in international trade fairs, such as XPONENTIAL 2026 in Germany.

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6/ Despite the apparent separation between NavX and Harxon, Anthony Zheng is listed on Harxon's made-in-china.com site as the contact for the company's overseas sales department, and is featured in photos posted by Harxon online.

5/ In conversations with an undercover journalist, NavX representative Anthony Zheng confirmed the company was working with the Alabuga drone plant, where the majority of Geran drones are manufactured.

4/ These antennas are sold by Harxon through a shell company called NavX. "We will use other company for communication and contract signature (not Harxon) because it's sensitive," said Masha Wu, an overseas sales manager at Harxon.

3/ Posing as a Russian military contractor, we placed an order for 200 antennas. The exact models offered by the company are found in downed Russian drones — still labeled as "agricultural machinery antennas" to bypass Chinese export controls.

2/ Russia's Geran drones navigate to their targets using Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPAs). These allow drones to resist electronic warfare by blocking jamming signals. Without them, Gerans cannot strike with precision.

The Insider sent comment requests to the entities and banks investigated, but did not receive any responses apart from Citibank North America, which officially declined to comment.

Some companies use Western banks to help settle transactions. Zion Communication Co. invoiced Nordsint for fiber optic cable as well as AI tracking modules for FPV drones. Citibank North America was listed as the correspondent bank in the payment details.

Other sellers were willing to sell a wide range of products, such as fiber optic cable, winding machines, and cameras. Chinese companies have established supply routes involving payments in national currencies (using Chinese banks and Russia’s VTB Bank) as well as cryptocurrency.

Specifically, Xingkai Technology said that they had certain modems in stock at a warehouse near Moscow. Based on company logos in inventory screenshots, we tracked the location of the warehouse to the Atlant-Park complex near Moscow.

Nordsint was able to place an order for the XK-F358 mesh modem produced by Xingkai Technology. This is the same model of modem found in the Geran-2 and Geran-5 UAVs. This system allows drones to form a communication chain allowing for direct ground control.

Nordsint @nordsint.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

In our latest investigation with @theins.press , we contacted Chinese companies under the guise of procuring drone components for the Russian military. Chinese export restrictions prohibit the sale of such items for military use to both Russia and Ukraine.

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Africa Corps recruits translators for French, Spanish, and Arabic. Recently, the Africa Corps has expanded recruitment for Equatorial Guinea through its proxy, the Wagner Legion of Istra. On March 21, the Africa Corps posted a video of Equatorial Guinean troops training.

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Nordsint @nordsint.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The Wagner Legion based in Istra advertises recruitment for Equatorial Guinea. Instructors of the Africa Corps have been present in the country since August 2024. In conversations with Nordsint, recruiters of the Wagner Legion confirmed that contracts are signed directly with the Africa Corps.

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Nordsint @nordsint.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

In January, evidence of expansion at the Russian military base near the Modibo Keita International Airport is visible with roads inside the base being paved and a new structure visible. These updates correlate with the arrival of Russian military equipment in Mali.

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Kazakhstan has previously prosecuted sentenced citizens for fighting with the Wagner mercenary group, such as the case of Aleksei Shompolov, who was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months for joining Wagner.

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Further leaks from egov.kz, a website of the government of Kazakhstan lists Praliev living in Shymkent, as well as an address in Almaty along Zhubanova street. In these documents, Praliev is listed as having Kazakh nationality.

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In a second leak from Chitai Gorod, a Russian bookstore chain, Praliev registered his location in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Praliev’s data is also found in a leak from Kazakhstan resident databases, which lists Praliev’s address in Almaty.

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According to leaked data from Gemotest, a medical test laboratory, Praliev registered his address with the testing service in Moscow along Progonny Proezd, which is located in the Bogorodskoe district of the Eastern Administrative Okrug. This data was created in February 2022.

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