Gal Haimovich, an Israeli national, has been sentenced to two years in prison for illegally shipping aircraft parts and avionics from US manufacturers to Russia. The shipments violated US export control laws and provided parts to sanctioned Russian airline companies. Haimovich operated as a freight forwarder for entities seeking to illegally export goods to Russia. He arranged over 160 shipments to companies in the Maldives and the United Arab Emirates, which would later ship the goods to Russia. Haimovich admitted to billing Russian customers over two million dollars for the illegal exports.