EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 000110 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/DMUSLU/MHAMES USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SUPREME COMMERCIAL COURT, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO: D350061 REFTEL: USDOC 06460 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Supreme Commercial Court, Moscow, Russia. The company was listed on BIS license number: D350061 as the ultimate consignee of information security software (operating system) SM2AIPBK9-12217 (1),flash image (read-only memory) SC6K-S323K9-8.4, (1), information security software, S222ZK9-12218SX, (1), information security software, CD374-AISK9 (1), information security software, CD384-ASK9 (1) ECCN: 5D002. These commodities are controlled for national security reasons, and telecommunications equipment (Supervisor Engine) WS-SUP32-10GE-3 (2),ECCN: 5A991. These commodities are controlled for anti-terrorism reasons. The exporter is Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134. ¶3. On December 19, 2006, Export Control Attache Donald Pearce and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification with the Supreme Commercial Court (SCC),12, Maly Kharitonievsky per., Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Aleksandr Ilyin, Deputy Head of the Information and Communications Department and Igor Solovyev, Head of the Information and Communications Department. ¶4. The SCC was founded 15 years ago as part of the establishment of the Russian Federation. The court traces its roots back to the Tsarist era, when Commercial Courts of the Tsar were established for the administration of commercial law and codes. Currently the Commercial Court has a four-tiered system consisting of 113 local and regional courts, with the SCC as the court of final appeal in the process. The SCC is also the administrative headquarters for the system. The SCC works closely with the U.S. Embassy on several programs regarding international commercial issues and jurisprudence. The SCC employs around 500, and is located in the city center of Moscow. ¶5. The SCC received and has loaded on to their system the software and equipment noted in reftel to secure the Court's computer network. The network links all 113 subordinate courts to the SCC. Ten specialists have routine access to the servers, which are located on the first, fourth and fifth floors, respectively. The optical network and one of the Internet servers was funded by a project of the World Bank. The team was shown three server stacks, where the software is being utilized. The two Supervisor Engines as noted in reftel were racked in the fourth floor and fifth floor server racks. ¶6. The server rooms are all located in controlled access areas, and rooms are locked with both standard key locks and a proximity card security system. The building is guarded at all times by an armed security police unit, and has an electronic security system. The authorized users of the system are all employees of the Commercial Court system; there are no users on the network who are not affiliated with the court. ¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends Supreme Commercial Court, Moscow, Russia as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/DPEARCE) BURNS