TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MOVLADI UDUGOV

S E C R E T PARIS 002475 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS(LLAMBERT),S/CT(TKUSHNER), EUR/PGI(JELDRIDGE),EUR/RUS(PECKSTROM),IO/PSC(BFITZGERALD) TREASURY FOR ASHARMA E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/11/2015 TAGS: PREL KTFN EFIN ECON PTER ETTC RS FR SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MOVLADI UDUGOV REF: STATE 65908 Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS ONS 1.4 B/D (S) On April 12, we delivered reftel demarche regarding the UN 1267 designation of Movladi Udugov to Julien Deruffe, senior desk officer for C/T at the MFA. After checking MFA records, Deruffe said the MFA had sent instructions to their UN mission in August 2003 stating that the GOF had no objections to Russia's proposal to add alleged Chechen terrorist Movladi Udugov to the 1267 list. Deruffe said the MFA had taken this decision based on information given to them by French intelligence agencies. The MFA could not transmit this information to us, said Deruffe, because it belonged to French intelligence. He suggested that the USG use liaison channels to request the French intelligence information on Udugov. Furthermore, he advised that it would be faster if that request came from our Embassy in Paris rather than routing it through the French Embassy in Washington. LEACH