NtechLab considering Asia HQ in Thailand as Russian facial recognition continues selling abroad

Russian developers are still able to find potential buyers of their digital surveillance technologies abroad despite sanctions imposed by western powers. They are also maintaining existing business ties with others.

Some of Russia’s major companies have been under sanctions from the West following the invasion of Ukraine in February.

Early this month, an investigation revealed that a number of western companies were also using biometric solutions licensed by Russian video analytics firm NtechLab.

The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) writes that some of these companies still find buyers of their technologies thanks to the partnerships they have established with western tech giants, making it possible to circumvent some of the sanctions.

According to the report; Protei, Nexign and Citadel, the main suppliers of the Systems for Operative Investigative…