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Russian businessman sentenced in Belgium sanctions case

A Brussels court sentenced Belgian-Russian national Victor Labin on Thursday to five years in prison for illegally exporting dual-use goods and chemicals to Russia. Judges found that Labin had played a central role in shipping more than 400 tonnes of goods to Russia, including sensors used to detect and control explosions and chemicals such as yttrium oxide — a raw material used in advanced technologies. While the court ruled that the majority of products — namely the transport of aluminum...