According to previous statements by the federal prosecutor’s office, the man was the head of a manufacturing and trading company specializing in advanced machining tools. He had long-standing relationships with Russian weapons manufacturers. Despite the European Union’s sanctions imposed against Russia in 2014, the man signed contracts in 2015 to supply six machines to a Russian weapons manufacturer. The court noted that the company director violated foreign trade law in several instances. In one case, used machines were sent to Russia from Switzerland through an intermediary company. Another …
