Hamburg's Hanseatic High Court sentenced a Russian to 7 years in prison for violating the embargo against the Russian Federation, Die Welt reports.

69-year-old businessman from Baden-Wurttemberg Vladimir D. accused of supplying dual-use goods bypassing sanctions worth more than € 1.8 million for a military customer in the Russian Federation. In 2014-2018, he supplied to Russia products that can be used in aviation and the space industry, including chemicals used to make rocket fuel and explosives..

Sanctions imposed due to the situation in Ukraine in 2014 prohibit the export of these goods to Russia.

According to investigators, Vladimir D. provided fake documents, manipulated technical data and conducted business through fictitious recipients. Some goods, a Russian who has been living in Germany for more than 25 years, were transported to Russia in the luggage of an airplane, which threatened customs officers and passengers.

The accused was detained on December 18, 2018.