US Company Accused of Illegally Supplying Tech to Russia Despite Sanctions

Haas Automation, a high tech American manufacturer, may be violating American sanctions by supplying precision machining tools to several sanctioned enterprises in the Russian arms industry, according to documents filed with the U.S. Treasury and the Department of Commerce. The Economic Security Council of Ukraine alleges that Haas is doing business with the Russian arms industry through Abamet Management LTD., a company in Russia that is its official distributor in Russia and Belarus. Haas vice president Peter Zierhut denied the allegations, but customs records reviewed by "NewsHour" show that shipments continued for months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.