Two US citizens arrested for exporting aircraft equipment to Russia

This is stated on the website of the US Department of Justice.

On March 2, two men were arrested in the United States: they were accused of a long-term scheme to circumvent export laws. Thus, the activities of American citizens included the illegal export of aviation technologies to Russia after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions.

According to the indictment, Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 59, of Lawrence, and Douglas Robertson, 55, of Olathe, owned and operated KanRus Trading Company, which supplied Western avionics equipment to Russian companies and provided equipment repair services.

The defendants are charged with conspiracy, exporting controlled goods without a license, falsifying and failing to file electronic export information, and smuggling goods contrary to US law. If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count of exporting controlled goods without a license; up to 10 years in prison for each count of smuggling; and up to five years in prison for each count of conspiracy and falsifying export information. 

• Since the beginning of 2023, there have been at least seven accidents involving passenger aircraft in Russia, and many more incidents that have caused flights to be canceled or interrupted.

• In December, senior US officials threatened Turkish individuals with imprisonment, fines, and loss of export privileges for providing fuel and spare parts for US-made aircraft flying from Turkey to Russia and Belarus and back in violation of export controls imposed last spring.

• On February 1, Turkey's largest ground handling operator warned Russian airlines that it would stop providing services to their aircraft manufactured from American components.