They help with parts for military equipment of the Russian Federation: the CK Birla Group company is listed among the international sponsors of the war

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included the Indian company CK Birla Group in the list of international war sponsors. The reason was that CK Birla Group and its subsidiary National Engineering Industries Limited (NEI) (NBC Bearings brand) are helping the Russian military industry to replace critical European and American parts for military equipment, namely bearings. Bearings are a critical part for many types of equipment: tanks, other armored and tracked vehicles, and aviation. In addition, bearings are necessary for the functioning of the railway - the main method of Russian military supply and all Russian logistics in general. Despite the apparent simplicity of this part, the Russians are unable to produce bearings of sufficient quality and in sufficient quantity. In 2020 alone, Russia imported $419 million worth of bearings, and 55% of this volume came from the countries of Europe and North America, and the first from Germany - 16%. After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, European and American bearing manufacturers left the Russian market. Due to the lack of these parts, Uralvagonzavod and Omsktransmash, the main tank-building and tank-repair enterprises of the Russian Federation, completely stopped. Significant problems arose in the construction of aircraft, ships, submarines and train maintenance. One of the companies that decided to help the Russian military in building and rebuilding the Russian invasion army was the CK Birla Group and its bearing brand NBC Bearings. According to customs data, for the period from April 2022 to March 2023, the share of NBC Bearings in the import of bearings from India to Russia was 38.4%, for a total amount of $12.3 million. The main buyer in Russia was a group of companies Evropeyskaya Podshipnykovaya Korporaciya (EPK) - a Russian industrial conglomerate whose products are actively used in the process of manufacturing locomotives, aircraft, missile systems and other military equipment. "The Russian military industry is surprisingly vulnerable to sanctions, because it is very dependent on imported supplies in several critical areas - optics, microelectronics, modern machine tools and somewhat unexpectedly - in bearings. Today, we include one of the manufacturers and suppliers of bearings for Russian military equipment - the CK Birla Group corporation - in the list of international war sponsors. We call on this company and other manufacturers of dual-purpose goods to refuse to supply products to the terrorist state of the Russian Federation. You can still avoid the reputation of a cog, or bearing, of Putin's war machine. It's never too late to give up this bloody profit", - said Oleksandr Novikov, the Head of the NACP. It is worth noting that another subsidiary of the CK Birla group, cement producer Ultratech, was already in the sanctions news, buying coal from Russia's SUEK for yuan to circumvent dollar sanctions. All these facts confirm the company's support and sponsorship of Russian terrorism.