In a piece in the New York Times, republished in La Presse on March 16 last, it was reported that Orlan‑10 drones are playing an important role in Russia's artillery strategy, and we can imagine that they are also being used to drop cluster munitions.
In a National Post piece on December 15, an investigation revealed a logistics chain that goes around the world, including through Canada, and which ends at the production line of Orlan‑10 drones at the Special Technology Centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
According to the National Post, one of the major suppliers of Russia's drone program is an exporter based in Hong Kong, Asia Pacific Links, which, according to Russian customs and financial files, has provided millions of dollars' worth of parts, but never directly.
The owner of Asia Pacific Links is a man named Anton Trofimov, a Russian expat who holds a degree from a Chinese university and who also owns a company in Toronto. But according to our information, Mr. Trofimov is presently not the target of sanctions.
Since part of this bill deals with the sanctions regime—