EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MIREA STATE

UNCLAS MOSCOW 005699 SIPDIS SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MIREA STATE UNIVERSITY, BRIZ-TELECOM LLC, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D377163 REFTEL: USDOC 07475, MOSCOW 04959 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, MIREA State University, Moscow, Russia and intermediate consignee Briz-Telecom LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application D377163 as the ultimate consignee of a manual probe station. These items are controlled for nuclear non- proliferation and anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 3B992. The licensee is Elecsys LLC, 55 Dorrance St., Suite 202, Providence, RI 02903. ¶3. On October 2, 2007, Export Control Attache Donald Pearce, Peter Liston and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested pre-license check at the offices of MIREA State University, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Alexander Zaitsev Deputy Director of Educational-Scientific Association "Electronics," Anton Lisitsky, Senior Researcher, and Mikhail Belkin, Specialist. ¶4. On November 14, 2007, Export Control Attache Peter Liston and FSN Natalya Shipitsina met with intermediate consignee Briz-Telecom LLC, 22, pr. Andropova, Moscow. The export control team met with Mikhail Platun, General Director. The export control team met with Platum in a small 2-room office containing a computer, facsimile machine, scanner and printer. It was however void of any periodicals, reference books, papers, or personal items. ¶5. Mikhail Platun is an engineering graduate of the Russian Institute of Radio-Electronics and started Briz-Telcom LLC in 2006. According to Platun, Briz- Telecom LLC did approximately USD 2 million in business in the past year. Platun is the General Director and he has 3 employees. Briz-Telecom LLC sells to an establish clientele in the government/university and private sectors and has storage facilities in Moscow for consigned goods. ¶6. Recommendations: Post recommends Briz-Telecom LLC, Moscow, Russia, as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. It is requested that post be notified of final disposition of the application, and of any shipments for this organization in order to conduct appropriate FCS follow-up and statistical reporting. (FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/PLISTON) BURNS