Myanmar junta awards major trade software contract to sanctioned Russian tech group

Representatives of the junta-controlled Myanmar Customs Department and the Myanmar branch of Russia’s Astra Consulting LLC at the signing of the contract for the National Single Window Web Portal Project in Naypyitaw on August 12 (Photo: Nikolay Pryanishnikov / Facebook) The deal gives a Russian technology company with links to the country’s security agencies a role in developing a system intended to process Myanmar’s import and export documentation. . . Subscribe for full access Myanmar Now's award-winning journalism is made possible by our subscribers. Become one today. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Log in