A Kyrgyzstani national has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for conspiring to export over $1 million in guns and ammunition to Russia, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday.

“The defendant admitted that he purchased American-made, military-grade firearms and re-exported them to Russia,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said in a statement. “Today’s guilty plea is the culmination of extensive investigative work, showing that this Office will not allow merchants of lethal weapons to flout U.S. sanctions.”

Sergei Zharnovnikov is accused of exporting more than $1.5 million worth of U.S.-manufactured guns from the U.S. to Russia starting around 2022.

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