{"id":1458,"date":"2026-06-24T07:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/06\/24\/irish-company-assisting-in-commission-of-crimes-by-supplying-alumina-to-russia-for-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:50:15","slug":"irish-company-assisting-in-commission-of-crimes-by-supplying-alumina-to-russia-for-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1458","title":{"rendered":"Irish company &#8216;assisting in commission of crimes&#8217; by supplying alumina to Russia for Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Irish company &#8216;assisting in commission of crimes&#8217; by supplying alumina to Russia for Ukraine war<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media \" data-media-video-cbe9e44d-78e1-4300-ab75-ceb39fad0861 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"CBE9E44D-78E1-4300-AB75-CEB39FAD0861\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices                <\/p>\n<p><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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He argues that the European Union&#8217;s approach to alumina exports exposes a fundamental flaw: while seeking to constrain Russia&#8217;s military-industrial capabilities through sanctions, European authorities continue to permit the export of a strategic raw material that may ultimately support Russian weapons production.                <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p>This deadly contradiction finds itself at the intersection of sanctions policy, corporate accountability, and wartime supply chains. Jordash&#8217; argues that the more important issue is functional dependence and economic reality. Whether Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska formally controls the company, Jordash suggests that the scale of its commercial ties to Russia creates a form of de facto influence. More broadly, he contends that governments have obligations extending beyond proving a direct link between a specific shipment and a specific weapon system. 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