US busts network providing technology to Russian military

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Some of the equipment was recovered on battlefields in Ukraine, the Justice Department said, and other nuclear proliferation technology was intercepted in Latvia before it could be shipped to Russia.

The Justice Department charged nine people in separate cases in New York and Connecticut, as well as two oil brokers for Venezuela. The defendants are accused of acquiring the military technology from U.S. companies and then laundering tens of millions of dollars for wealthy Russian businessmen and other sanctioned entities. Some of the defendants are also accused of brokering illicit oil deals for the Venezuelan state-owned oil company.

“As I have said, our investigators and prosecutors will be relentless in their efforts to identify, locate, and bring to justice those whose illegal acts undermine the rule of law and enable the Russian regime to continue its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-busts-network-providing-technology-to-russian-military/ar-AA13a775

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[AllaN01Bear]

2. good . most eggscllent.

[ffr]

3. Keep shutting them down and cutting them off before the GOP allows them back in

Fuck Reputicans!

[Karadeniz]

4. I wonder if the Meek raid in another post is related to this.

[RussBLib]

5. Spies in our midst

How many of our GOP traitors are sympathetic?

Five of the defendants charged in New York are Russian nationals, and two have been arrested. Two others are oil brokers for Venezuela.

All four defendants in the Connecticut case — three Latvians and one Ukrainian — were taken into custody months ago at the request of U.S. authorities.

They are accused of conspiring to smuggle a jig grinder, a high-precision grinding machine, that was manufactured in Connecticut to Russia. The equipment requires a license for export or reexport to Russia.

[stopdiggin]

10. thanks for more detail. appreciated. -(nt)-

[bahboo]

6. probably the tip of the iceberg...

a lot of rotten stuff out there...

[burrowowl]

8. Probably, more than likely.

[gab13by13]

7. Sounds like espionage,

it's a dictionary definition of treason. Put them before a firing squad on prime time.

[Maggiemayhem]

9. Did anybody watch the AP doc on Frontline about former General Flynn who was pardoned by Trump?

The corruption is incredible.

[RussBLib]

12. have it on the DVR

sometimes those Frontline shows stress me out. I think it's the guys voice. It's weird, I know. Have they changed the narrator lately?

[riverbendviewgal]

16. ] excellent Frontline on Flynn

Mind boggling on what a traitor he is.

[LiberalFighter]

11. I wonder how many had Republicans involved?

[SergeStorms]

14. Someone sold them the equipment.

I'd wager my left nut they're of the Trumpanista persuasion.

[KPN]

13. Geezuz! Way too many people in this country who are loyal only to the almighty dollar.

TFG unleashed this full force upon us. Only accountability can put that leash back in place. Thank you President Biden and AG Garland — so thankful you are at the helm.

[live love laugh]

15. What about the traitors working for the Saudis?

[chia]

17. K & R

[3auld6phart]

18. Name the traitors

And nail them to the cross. Frickin’ scum.