2 US residents, others charged in scheme to smuggle ammunition to Russia
The US and Australia doubled down on their support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. US Secretaries of State and Defense met with their Australian counterparts in Washington to discuss their strategic and security partnership. Five Russian nationals and two U.S. residents were charged in a scheme to obtain military-grade technology from American companies and with smuggling sniper rifle ammunition to support Moscow's war effort in violation of U.S.
Federal prosecutors said that Vadim Konoshchenok, 48, of St. Petersburg, Russia, was stopped at the Estonian border in late October carrying dozens of semi-conductors and"thousands" of American-made bullets used in military sniper rifles. Prosecutors said the accused traffickers unlawfully purchased and exported"highly sensitive and heavily regulated electronic components, some of which can be used in the development of nuclear and hypersonic weapons, quantum computing and other military applications.
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