Russian national pleads guilty in $2 million aerospace export scheme to Russia

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2026 — Andrei Samuilovski, 32, a citizen of Russia, Estonia and Switzerland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate US export-control laws through a scheme that supplied restricted aerospace components to Russian end users.

Samuilovski pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to one count of conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for Jan. 13, 2027.

According to the US Justice Department, Samuilovski and others operated the scheme from early 2022 through September 2024, arranging shipments of US-origin aerospace goods that required licenses from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security before being exported to Russia.

Samuilovski was a co-founder of ITC Middle East FZ-LLC, a company established in the United Arab Emirates in March 2022, about four weeks after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the United States and allies significantly tightened sanctions and export controls targeting Russia.

The Justice Department said dozens of shipments were made by US companies to ITC and that the goods, primarily controlled aviation and aerospace commodities valued at nearly $2 million, were ultimately reexported to Russia.

ITC describes itself as a procurement and logistics company based in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, providing purchasing, customs clearance and export-handling services.

The case highlights continued US enforcement against intermediary companies and third-country procurement networks used to circumvent Russia-related export restrictions. The FBI and BIS investigated the case.