EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 003055 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/L.RITTER/M.HAMES USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D394421 REFTEL: USDOC 05468 ¶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, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application D394421 as the ultimate consignee of one (1) intensified electronic imaging camera using a cooled, slow-scan CCD coupled to a filmless image intensifier tube model no. V7090D, V9569D. These items are controlled for national security (NS) anti-terrorism (AT),regional stability (RS),and nuclear proliferation (NP) reasons under ECCN 6A003. The licensee is Princeton Instruments Inc., Division of Roper Scientific, 3660 Quakerbridge Road, Trenton, NJ 08619. ¶3. On October 15, 2008, Export Control Attach Peter Liston conducted the requested post-shipment verification with the Moscow State University, Akademik Khokhlov, Building 35, Room 224, Moscow, Russia. The Export Control Officer met with Professor Dr. Victor Timoshenko, director of the Physics Department and Associate Professor Dr. Denis Zhigynov. ¶4. ECO Liston met with Professors Timoshenko and Zhigynov at their office and was then taken to a lab where the intensified electronic imaging camera using a cooled, slow-scan CCD coupled to a filmless image intensifier tube model no. V7090D, V9569D was secured and used for research. Both Timoshenko and Zhigynov described the operational applications of the subject commodity. Timoshenko advised the ECO that his lab has two earlier generations of similar equipment, one from Japan and one the other from Germany, which were still in use and in the same lab. He stated that the Princeton Instruments Inc.'s intensified electronic imaging camera using a cooled, slow-scan CCD coupled to a filmless image intensifier tube model no. V7090D, V9569D was more advanced and is cable of measuring spectra with time resolution, which the previous generations were not. ¶5. The ECO inspected the subject commodity and noted the serial numbers: serial no. 25580665 for the intensifier, and serial no. 1707080009 for the CCD camera. The equipment is being used for the end-use for which it was licensed for, that is strictly civilian scientific research, and there are no indications of impropriety. ¶6. Recommendations: Post recommends Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE