In Portland, Oregon, a U.S. court sentenced Indian citizen Sanjay Kaushik to five years in prison for circumventing sanctions and supplying aviation components and navigation systems to Russia.
According to court documents, Kaushik had been purchasing goods for Russian businesses since September 2023, pretending that they were being purchased for the needs of his Indian company. Among his purchases was the AHRS system for determining course and spatial position.
“This was no lapse in judgment. It was a calculated, profit-driven scheme involving repeated transactions, substantial gains, and coordination with foreign co-conspirators, including sanctioned Russian entities,” said U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Scott E. Bradford.
Kaushik was arrested in Miami on October 17, 2024, and on October 9, 2025, he pleaded guilty to the first count of the indictment, which involved conspiring to sell export-controlled aviation components of dual civilian and military use to end users in Russia.
