Russian sentenced to 13 years in prison for smuggling aircraft parts to Ukraine

MOSCOW, July 17– A Moscow court has sentenced a 59-year-old Russian citizen to 13 years in prison for attempting to send spare parts for Russian military aircraft to Ukraine, said the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday.

The man acquired aviation bearings used in Mi combat helicopters, and Su and MiG aircraft in Russia and attempted to smuggle them out of the country for delivery to a key enterprise maintaining military aircraft and helicopters for the Ukrainian forces, said the FSB in a statement.