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On October 9, 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York announced that Zhanna Soldatenkova and Ruslan Almetov, both Russian nationals, were indicted along with Arthur Petrov, a dual Russian and German national, for export control violations, smuggling, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with their alleged participation in a scheme to procure U.S.-sourced microelectronics subject to U.S. export controls on behalf of a Russia-based supplier of critical electronics components for manufactures furnishing weaponry and other equipment to the Russian military. [1] Petrov had already been charged with a criminal complaint. He was arrested on August 26, 2023, in Cyprus at the request of the U.S. Earlier this year, Cyprus extradited him, and he arrived on August 8, 2024. After his initial appearance, the court ordered him detained without bond. Soldatenkova and Almetov are at large.[2]