russian citizen detained in Japan for illegal export of military goods to russia

russian citizen detained in Japan for illegal export of military goods to russia

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A russian citizen was detained in Japan for illegally exporting to russia boats and other items intended for military use in violation of export and currency laws.

Japan, detained a russian citizen for the illegal export of items intended for military use to Russia. This is reported by Nikkei, UNN reports.

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In Japan, the police detained a russian citizen and representative director of the Astrade trading company, Andrey Sova, for the illegal export of boats and other items that could have military use to russia.

He is also suspected of violating currency legislation through unauthorized export. This is the first detention in Japan for such violations since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.

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