EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE

UNCLAS MOSCOW 002208 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: MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND NPP ELIKS JSC, MOSCOW, RUSSIA. REFTEL: REQUEST #04210023; DATED: 06/23/2009 ¶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, Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Moscow, Russia and the foreign purchaser, NPP ELIKS JSC, Moscow, Russia. The University is listed on BIS license application D401431 as the ultimate consignee of one AWG5004 arbitrary waveform generator with options and accessories, 600 MS/S, 14BIT, 16M point and 4 channels. NPP ELIKS JSC is the distributor in Russia. This item is controlled for national security and anti-terrorism reasons. The licensee is Tektronix, Inc., 14200 SW Karl Braun Drive, Beaverton, OR 97077. ¶3. On August 6, 2009, Commercial Attach Ilona Shtrom and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification at the offices of Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, 9, Obraztsova Street, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Mr. Yevgeny Scherbina, Head of Laboratory, Associate Professor and Mr. Petr Bestemyanov, Director, Department of Telecommunication and Electrification. ¶4. Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT) was founded in 1896 and currently has an annual budget of $35-45 million. Currently, there are approximately 46,000 students enrolled in its various programs across the Russian Federation; 12,000 of these students are in Moscow. ¶5. The export control team was able to identify and view the Tektronix AWG5004 Arbitrary Waveform Generator in the university laboratory. The Serial number for the equipment was noted as B010201; ID 00:00:72: AO:23:39; OI Key: 3XV9E-99TCC-RYZ3R-XCHRM. The export control team noted that the lab has a lock with a key. The key is available to two students and three university professors. The UniversityQs property is only accessible by a key card and closes at 10pm. When the export control team asked Mr. Scherbina about how the Institute surpluses its equipment, we were told that there is always use for equipment, no matter how old it is, and nothing is ever removed from their inventory. ¶6. On August 6, 2009, the export control team also met with the following representatives of NPP ELIKS JSC: Alexander Afonskiy, President of Eliks Group, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Test & Measuring Instruments and Systems" Professor of Bauman State Technical University and Tatyana Afonskaya, Development Director. ¶7. ELIKS, a family-owned and operated business, located at 57-5, Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow, Russia, was founded in 1992 and is a supplier of testing and measuring instruments, soldering equipment and industrial furniture in Russia. In addition to serving as a distributor for Tektronix, the company also sells equipment manufactured by U.S. companies Fluke and Keithley. Since 2000, ELIKS has manufactured under its own brand name (Aktakom). The company sells to a wide variety of end-users ranging from large industrial enterprises, universities, scientific research institutes to metrology and telecom organizations. The export control team found the company to be well-prepared for the meeting and well-informed on U.S. export controls and their obligations under the EAR. ELIKS indicated they are aware of constraints such as the prohibition on re-exporting U.S. items. Under their internal technology control plan, when applicable, they request their customers to sign an agreement to abide by these same constraints. They also check USG lists such as the denied parties and entities list. Mr. Afonskiy stated that if they are not comfortable with a customer, they will not sell to them. ELIKS even provides its customers with information on U.S. export controls on its website: www.eliks.ru/product/tek/export.htm ¶8. Recommendations: Post recommends Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, Moscow, Russia, as well as NPP JSC ELIKS as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/ISHTROM) BEYRLE