Andrei Samuilovski Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Aerospace Parts to Russia

Andrei Samuilovski, a 32-year-old citizen of Estonia, Switzerland, and Russia, pleaded guilty on Sept. 14, 2026, in connection with a scheme to illegally export U.S.-origin aviation and aerospace parts to Russia in violation of U.S. sanctions. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for Jan. 13, 2027.

Samuilovski entered the plea before Judge Carl J. Nichols to a one-count information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act. According to court documents, the conspiracy began in or around early 2022 and continued through September 2024.

Court documents state that Samuilovski and others conspired to supply prohibited Russian end users with aerospace-related components without first obtaining required licenses from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security. BIS regulates exports of U.S.-origin technologies, including aerospace parts and other items controlled for national security, regional stability, and anti-terrorism reasons. A BIS license was required to export the commodities involved to Russia.

Samuilovski co-founded ITC Middle East FZ-LLC, which was officially established in March 2022, approximately four weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The invasion was followed by increased Russian export restrictions and sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, and other countries.

From ITC’s founding through September 2024, dozens of shipments were made from various U.S. companies to ITC, alongside other shipments of U.S.-origin goods to the company, according to the court documents. The exported or reexported items consisted primarily of export-controlled aerospace-related commodities with a cumulative value of nearly $2 million and were ultimately reexported to Russia.

The FBI and BIS conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Wasserman for the District of Columbia and Deputy Chief Sean Heiden and Trial Attorney Brett Ruff of the Justice Department’s National Security Division are prosecuting the case.