Following the discovery of distinct international plans to export technologies to Russia in violation of US export and sanctions laws, the US has prosecuted nearly 10 individuals and numerous companies.
According to the US Department of Justice, “powerful, warm civilian technologies with double uses” were discovered on Ukrainian battlefields, while another technology was stopped before it could disseminate nuclear weapons into Russian territory.
Venezuela has been charged in two cases by five Russian citizens and two oil brokers of taking part in a global scheme to avoid sanctions and launder money.
One of the defendants, Yuri Orekhaf, a Russian national living in Germany, held the position of CEO of Nord Deutsche End Istaltabao “in Hamburg,” according to court documents.
According to the ministry, Orekhaf and a business partner “obtained sensitive military technologies through double use and their purchase from American manufacturers, and these technologies, including semiconductor, were shipped and precise processors used in planes, satellites, and missile systems, to the final Russian users.
It is also claimed that Orekhaf used the business as a front to smuggle oil from Venezuela to buyers in China and Russia, including a Russian aluminium company controlled by Oligishi that is subject to sanctions and the world’s largest group for the refinement of oil, gas, and petrochemicals based in Beijing.
The plot, according to the ministry, also involved massive carriers turning off their GPS navigation systems and forging shipping documents to conceal the oil’s Venezuelan origin.
In the second instance, four people and two firms in Europe were charged with trying to sneak a high-resolution, computer-controlled grinding machine into Russia in violation of American export rules.
According to office manager Christov Ray, the claims and arrests illustrate the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s efforts to address “Russia’s flagrant evasion from US sanctions and the breach of export restrictions.”
He continued, “The Federal Bureau of Investigation will continue to disrupt the purchase of oil and the laundering of money and military technology that have been illegally obtained from American companies to support the unjustified Russian war in Ukraine, along with our American and international partners.
According to information released by the United States, Russia will receive military technologies.
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