When it eventually arrived in Russia and didn't work, one of the people charged in the alleged scheme emailed the U.S. The scheme outlined by federal authorities involved a pair of companies based in Moscow and run under Russian spy services that were placed under sanctions after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as well as a network of shell companies across the country.Īmong the items illegally obtained through Brayman was a military-grade spectrum analyzer that has battlefield and countersurveillance uses, prosecutors said. Brayman's wife, who was not charged, told the newspaper's reporters she didn't know of any illegal activity but said she would need to speak to her lawyer. It wasn't immediately clear if they had attorneys who could speak to their arrests.īrayman and his wife run a crafts store on the website Etsy, The Boston Globe reported.

Senior Kremlin officials announced they would be retreating from Kherson in southern Ukraine He and Yermolenko allegedly changed or destroyed documentation as they sent the equipment out of the country. Four others in Russia were charged as well.īrayman's home 'was a frequent transshipment point for items that were unlawfully exported from the United States to Russia,' prosecutors wrote in the charging documents. Suspected Russian spy Vadim Konoshchenok was arrested in the Baltic country of Estonia, where authorities found about 375 lbs. living in Merrimack, New Hampshire, was arrested, along with Vadim Yermolenko of New Jersey, according to the U.S. The technology included ammunition for sniper rifles and electronics that can be used in nuclear or hypersonic - faster than the speed of sound - weapons, officials said.Īlexey Brayman, a permanent resident of the U.S.

sanctions, federal officials announced Tuesday. A group of Russians and Americans secretly funneled millions of dollars worth of military and other sensitive equipment through New Hampshire and elsewhere in the country to evade U.S.

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