Regulations and Government
KanRus Owner Sentenced for Avionics Export Violations
Company sold controlled technology to Russian buyers without required export licenses

Former Kansas avionics company owner Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to sell controlled aviation technology to customers in Russia without required export licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas. Buyanovsky, of Lawrence, Kansas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering charges in 2023.

Buyanovsky was president and owner of KanRus Trading Company, a Kansas-based avionics business that bought, sold, and exported sophisticated, export-controlled avionics equipment to customers in Russia.

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