KAMAZ
KAMAZ is a Russian manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, and military vehicles, founded in 1969 in Naberezhnye Chelny, in the Republic of Tatarstan. The company is part of the state-owned defence and technology corporation Rostec and is one of the largest producers of heavy-duty trucks in Russia, including well-known series of flatbed trucks, dump trucks and tractor units. KAMAZ vehicles are widely used in construction, mining, and the military.
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EU ambassadors agree on largest Russia sanctions package to date, targeting 1,500 individuals and companies
EU member-state ambassadors agreed on October 7 to add 743 individuals and 826 companies linked to Russia's military-industrial complex to the EU sanctions list, along with 77 people 'elected' to the Russian State Duma from occupied Ukrainian territories. The package also extends the chemical-weapons sanctions regime covering 31 individuals and six organizations. Formal approval is scheduled at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on October 12 in Luxembourg.