Russian blogger Khrystyna Puzyryova made a confession in an American court. The woman and her companions violated sanctions against the Russian Federation and sold missile components to the aggressor country.
Violators of sanctions against the Russian Federation are being tried in the USA
An American court found Russian blogger Khrystyna Puzyryova guilty of violating sanctions against the Russian Federation and supplying parts for missiles. She faces a prison term.
This is reported by the US Department of Justice.
In federal court in Brooklyn, Khrystyna Puzyryova pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for her role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to ship components used in unnamed aircraft, guided missile systems and other weapons to sanctioned entities. in Russia.
It is noted that components shipped in violation of export control and sanctions legislation were later found on Russian weapons platforms and radio intelligence equipment in Ukraine.
Upon sentencing, Puzyrova faces up to 20 years in prison.
Khrystyna Puzyryova and her co-accused probably purchased and shipped millions of dollars worth of American-made electronics to support the Kremlin in its ongoing attacks on Ukraine, American law enforcement officials said.
Her money laundering conspiracy was directly related to 298 shipments of restricted technology worth $7 million to the Russian battlefield.
Puzyryova and her husband, the defendant Mykola Goltsev, repeatedly came from Canada to meet with the defendant Salimjon Nasryddinov in Brooklyn. During such trips, Puzyryova used numerous bank accounts to carry out financial transactions as part of her scheme.
The government confiscated $20,000 in cash from the New York hotel room where the defendant was arrested. In total, the government confiscated about 1.68 million dollars in connection with this export scheme, the report says.
Russia circumvents sanctions
At the beginning of January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi already stated that Russia had learned to circumvent Western sanctions imposed against Moscow for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Politico also wrote that Russia largely manages to circumvent sanctions in the field of technology. This enables Moscow to manufacture weapons and continue the war against Ukraine.
Recently, a businessman was detained in the United States of America, who, bypassing sanctions, supplied semiconductors to Russian companies connected to the FSB. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
