Montreal Man Sentenced in US for Exporting Weapon Components to Russia

Montreal Man Sentenced in US for Exporting Weapon Components to Russia
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, on Oct. 10, 2024, in Washington. The Canadian Press/AP-Mark Schiefelbein
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A Montreal man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a United States federal court for running a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of electronic components to Russia for military use.

Nikolay Goltsev, 38, used two companies in Brooklyn, N.Y., to purchase electronics from U.S. manufacturers and send them to companies in Russia that are under sanction by the U.S. government.