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A group of journalists, volunteers, and investigators committed to monitoring and documenting global issues using OSINT

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These navigation antennas, known as CRPAs, are designed to resist electronic warfare systems. The largest element number found on current antennas is generally 16 channels. A 32 channel antenna will double the resistance to jamming of the Geran drone, if employed.

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7/ Harxon is not under restrictive measures in spite of its key role in Russian drone production and maintains distributors in 27 countries, including the United States, France, and the UK. It also participates in international trade fairs, such as XPONENTIAL 2026 in Germany.

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1/ "We are working with Alabuga, so we have to make it confidential."

With @the_ins_ru, we identified Harxon, a Chinese navigation company, as the primary supplier of anti-jamming antennas powering Russian Geran suicide drones.

Read here:

https://t.co/TOt0UQnCvR

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6/ Despite the apparent separation between NavX and Harxon, Anthony Zheng is listed on Harxon's https://t.co/DGayObSLh6 site as the contact for the company's overseas sales department, and is featured in photos posted by Harxon online.

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Read the full investigation here in English, or in Russian at https://t.co/Bj3X57K6P4

https://t.co/BbBujCfNQZ

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In our latest investigation with @the_ins_ru, we contacted Chinese companies under the guise of procuring drone components for the Russian military. Chinese export restrictions prohibit the sale of such items for military use to both Russia and Ukraine.

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The Insider sent comment requests to the entities and banks investigated, but did not receive any responses apart from Citibank North America, which declined to comment.

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"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and @nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

Despite domestic export bans, Chinese drone tech still makes its way into the hands of the Russian military.

https://t.co/hoYWpH0gRw

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Acting as buyers with open ties to the Russian military, we documented Chinese manufacturers knowingly invoicing critical components for drones, such as fiber optic cable and mesh modems.

Our latest, in collaboration with @the_ins_ru:

https://t.co/BbBujCfNQZ

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In exclusivity, INPACT and its partners reveal the identity of the SVR officers behind the takeover of Africa Politology to conduct vast influence operations over two continents. Our investigation explains the setup put in place by the SVR to conceal its control through companies: JSC Inter and Intertechtrade LLC. We have also reconstructed the org chart of Africa Politology identifying more than 60 people working for the network

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https://t.co/NdeaX4qT83

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Today we are celebrating the third anniversary of our project!

Thank you to all our readers, along with those who have supported and collaborated with us over the last few years.

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Following the implementation of a whitelist for Starlink terminals in Ukraine, Russian Starlink vendors claim to search for workarounds.