Pleads Guilty, Illegally Export, Aircraft Technology — Latvian Broker Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Illegally Export U.S. Aircraft Technology to Russia | United States Justice Department.
government and, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, continuing to procure and sell sophisticated and controlled avionics equipment to customers in Russia without the required licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce.Chistyakov further admitted that, while operating from Latvia and often through his Emirati company RosAero FZC, he worked with Buyanovsky and Robertson through their U.S. companies for customers in Russia.Chistyakov admitted that he and his conspirators took numerous actions to conceal their illegal activities including creating false invoices, transshipping items through third-party countries, such as Laos and the United
Arab Emirates (UAE), using bank accounts in third-party countries, such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the UAE, and exporting items to intermediary companies which then reexported the items to the ultimate end destinations. citizens Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 62, and Douglas Edward Robertson, 58, of Kansas, to facilitate the sale, repair, and shipment of U.S.-origin avionics equipment to customers in Russia and in other countries that operate Russian-built aircraft, including the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB). (KanRus), to circumvent U.S export laws by purchasing avionics equipment from U.S. Department of Commerce.court filings state,
Chistyakov admitted that he conspired with U.S. Attorneys Scott Rask and Ryan Huschka of the District of Kansas and Trial Attorney Adam Barry of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section are prosecuting the case. company, KanRus Trading Company Inc. Kriegshauser for the District of Kansas, and Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI Counterintelligence Division made the announcement.The FBI and the Department of Commerce’s Office of Export Enforcement are investigating the case.Assistant U.S. Buyanovksy and Robertson were accused and arrested in Kansas in March 2023 and have entered a guilty plea.Chistyakov also admitted