Russian arms dealers arrested by FSB for attempting to smuggle aircraft parts to North Korea
A group of Russian arms dealers had tried to smuggle military aircraft parts to North Korea in 2016 and were arrested by the Russian FSB for it, Kommersant revealed.
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The components are avionics parts for the MiG-29 and engine spare parts. The items are worth $1 million and one of the arms dealers, Vladimir Lyubishin, was hoping to earn $19 million out of it.
Vladimir Lyubishin is also said to have tried to sell man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration undercover agents.
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