Artur Petrov, a citizen of the Russian Federation and Germany, was arrested in Cyprus, suspected of illegally purchasing a large amount of sensitive American-made microelectronics for a Russian company that supplies it to manufacturers of equipment for military equipment.
Source: “European Truth” with reference to the US Department of Justice
Details: 33-year-old Petrov, who has dual Russian-German citizenship and lives in Russia and Cyprus, was arrested on August 26 in the Republic of Cyprus at the request of the United States.
According to court documents, along with two other Russians, he fraudulently purchased large quantities of microelectronics from US distributors for Elektrokom VPK LLC, a supplier of critical electronic components for manufacturers of weapons and other equipment in the Russian Federation.
Petrov received several charges, including: conspiracy to defraud the United States, violation of export controls, smuggling, fraud and money laundering. Each of them provides for a maximum sentence of five to 20 years.
What came before:
Before that, the Swedish prosecutor’s office charged in spying against Sweden and the US for Russia, to a suspect who is believed to have been in the intelligence business for nine years. The Swedish investigation also believes that 60-year-old Sergei Skvortsov, who was detained on suspicion of espionage, organized the supply of sanctioned goods to Russia through Finnish firms.
2023-09-01 08:00:08
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