Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MOSCOW1960
2009-07-30 12:32:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD,
how-toVZCZCXYZ0008 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHMO #1960 2111232 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 301232Z JUL 09 FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4406 RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS MOSCOW 001960
SIPDIS
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD,
MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
REFTELS: REQUEST FORM #04210011; DATED 5/14/2009
UNCLAS MOSCOW 001960
SIPDIS
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD,
MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
REFTELS: REQUEST FORM #04210011; DATED 5/14/2009
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, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow,
Russia. The company is listed on BIS license applications: NLR as
the ultimate consignee of thirty two IB cable 4X 1M, CNDCTR: fitted
w/connector, volts and transmission equipment. These items are
controlled for anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 5A991. The licensee
is Voltaire Inc., 6 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA 01821.
3. On June 25, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES
Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment
verification at the offices of T.K. Brukvood, 4, Ilyinka Street,
Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Ionas Varikoos,
General Director.
4. T.K. Brukvood was founded in 1995 as a closed joint stock company
specializing in transportation services. It has 65 employees at
various offices throughout Moscow, Russia. As the transportation
company grew, it expanded into investment projects and the
electronics distribution market. T.K. BrukvoodQs offices are located
in prime real estate very close to the Kremlin. It has a secure
warehouse at a separate location that the Moscow export control team
did not see. The Qship toQ address on the invoice is a mail drop
facility that T.K. Brukvood uses to receive shipments.
5. The end user of the commodities in reftel is JSC QBirs KomQ,
Michurinsky pr. 8/29, Moscow, Russia, a long time customer of T.K.
Brukvood. The stated end use was cabling upgrade on an existing
electronics system. The reftel commodities will remain in Russia.
6. The Moscow export control team did not inspect the reftel
commodities because they had been forwarded to the end user in 2006.
There were no indications of impropriety and the consigneeQs answers
were not evasive.
7. Recommendations: Post recommends T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia,
as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON)
AGNEW
SIPDIS
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: T.K.BRUKVOOD,
MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
REFTELS: REQUEST FORM #04210011; DATED 5/14/2009
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, T.K. Brukvood, Moscow,
Russia. The company is listed on BIS license applications: NLR as
the ultimate consignee of thirty two IB cable 4X 1M, CNDCTR: fitted
w/connector, volts and transmission equipment. These items are
controlled for anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 5A991. The licensee
is Voltaire Inc., 6 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA 01821.
3. On June 25, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES
Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment
verification at the offices of T.K. Brukvood, 4, Ilyinka Street,
Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Ionas Varikoos,
General Director.
4. T.K. Brukvood was founded in 1995 as a closed joint stock company
specializing in transportation services. It has 65 employees at
various offices throughout Moscow, Russia. As the transportation
company grew, it expanded into investment projects and the
electronics distribution market. T.K. BrukvoodQs offices are located
in prime real estate very close to the Kremlin. It has a secure
warehouse at a separate location that the Moscow export control team
did not see. The Qship toQ address on the invoice is a mail drop
facility that T.K. Brukvood uses to receive shipments.
5. The end user of the commodities in reftel is JSC QBirs KomQ,
Michurinsky pr. 8/29, Moscow, Russia, a long time customer of T.K.
Brukvood. The stated end use was cabling upgrade on an existing
electronics system. The reftel commodities will remain in Russia.
6. The Moscow export control team did not inspect the reftel
commodities because they had been forwarded to the end user in 2006.
There were no indications of impropriety and the consigneeQs answers
were not evasive.
7. Recommendations: Post recommends T.K. Brukvood, Moscow, Russia,
as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON)
AGNEW