Russian National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling $2M in Aerospace Parts to Russia

Andrei Samuilovski, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export U.S. aerospace components to Russia. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

Triple Citizen Admits to Routing Controlled Aerospace Goods to Russia

Andrei Samuilovski, a 32-year-old holding citizenship in Estonia, Switzerland, and Russia, pleaded guilty in a Washington, D.C. federal court to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act, DOJ Justice News reports. Sentencing is set for January 13, 2027, with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

According to court documents, Samuilovski and co-conspirators began supplying prohibited Russian end users with aerospace-related components in early 2022, continuing through September 2024. The scheme involved exporting U.S.-origin goods without first obtaining the required licenses from the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which oversees the export of technologies controlled for national security, regional stability, and anti-terrorism purposes.

Samuilovski was a co-founder of ITC Middle East FZ-LLC, formally established in March 2022 — roughly four weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of new U.S., European Union, and international export restrictions and sanctions targeting Russia.

Between ITC's founding and September 2024, dozens of shipments were routed from U.S. companies to the firm, along with additional transfers of U.S.-origin goods. The exported and reexported items consisted primarily of export-controlled aerospace commodities with a cumulative value of nearly $2,000,000, all ultimately redirected to Russia.

The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro for the District of Columbia, and FBI Counterintelligence and Espionage Division Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky. The FBI and BIS conducted the investigation jointly. Prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Wasserman, Deputy Chief Sean Heiden, and Trial Attorney Brett Ruff of the Justice Department's National Security Division.

Source: DOJ Justice News