Six years in prison in Hamburg for illegal business with Russia
As the managing director of a company, the convicted man had concluded a contract with a Russian shipyard at the beginning of 2020. According to the contract, he was to supply ten chillers and two marine provision cooling systems for a sum in the millions.
Although Russia had not yet attacked Ukraine at the time of the deal, trade restrictions were already in place following Russia's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in 2014. The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control therefore denied the export license applied for by the businessman. Although he knew about the embargo, the businessman then ordered the equipment from his supplier's Indian subsidiary.
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Source: www.stern.de
