{"id":163168,"date":"2025-11-05T23:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163168\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"us-charges-belarusian-woman-with-shipping-aviation-components-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163168\/","title":{"rendered":"US charges Belarusian woman with shipping aviation components to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The United States has charged 33-year-old Belarusian national Jana Lavonava with exporting sanctioned aircraft components to Russia, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office (District of Columbia), published yesterday on the website of the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement noted that Lavonava (Leonova), who used to live in Russia, was extradited from France on November 3 and taken into custody based on an indictment that charges her with conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, to commit smuggling and money laundering and to defraud the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The office stated that Lavonava made her initial appearance in court yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe indictment alleges that following Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in May 2022, Leonova\u2014using co-conspirators located in the United States\u2014procured and illicitly exported from the United States to Russia numerous avionics and other aircraft equipment,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cThe exported items were for use on private aircraft operated by Leonova\u2019s former employer a company identified on the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s Entity List.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs part of the conspiracy, Leonova and her co-conspirators purchased the aircraft components from U.S.-based distributors.\u201d Then, supposedly using companies in Armenia, the Maldives and other jurisdictions, they allegedly transshipped these components into Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/belavia_TG-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/belavia_TG-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/belavia_TG-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/belavia_TG-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/belavia_TG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/belavia_TG.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Washington lifts Bie\u0142avija sanctions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 5, Pozirk. 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