WASHINGTON — A Russian national has pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal case involving the illegal export of American aviation and aerospace components to Russia, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Justice Department announced on September 14, 2026, that Andrei Samuilovski, 32, who holds citizenship in Estonia, Switzerland and Russia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act.
According to the official DOJ/U.S. Attorney’s Office release, the scheme operated from approximately early 2022 through September 2024 and was designed to supply Russian end users with U.S.-origin aerospace components without licenses required under U.S. export-control rules.
The Justice Department said Samuilovski co-founded ITC Middle East FZ-LLC in March 2022, approximately four weeks after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. authorities said dozens of shipments were made from American companies to ITC and that U.S.-origin goods worth nearly $2 million were ultimately reexported to Russia.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security, according to DOJ.
The prosecution is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Samuilovski is scheduled to be sentenced on January 13, 2027. The charge carries a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison.
Official sources:
U.S. Department of Justice — Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Commerce Department — Bureau of Industry and Security