Order Temporarily Denying Export Privileges

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Pursuant to section 766.24 of the Export Administration Regulations (the “Regulations” or “EAR”), [ 1 ] the Bureau of ( printed page 61500) Industry and Security (“BIS”), U.S. Department of Commerce, through its Office of Export Enforcement (“OEE”), has requested the issuance of an Order temporarily denying, for a period of 180 days, the export privileges under the Regulations of: Arthur Petrov, Astrafteros Technokosmos LTD (“Astrafteros”), Zhanna Soldatenkova, Ultra Trade Service LLC (“Ultra Trade Service”), Ruslan Almetov, Juzhoi Electronic (“Juzhoi”), and LLC Electrocom VPK (“Electrocom”) (collectively, “Respondents”). OEE's request and related information indicates that these parties are located in Cyprus, Latvia, Tajikistan, and Russia, at the respective addresses listed on the caption page of this order and on page 12-13, infra. OEE's request and related information further indicates that Petrov, Soldatenkova, and Almetov are Russian nationals who use Astrafteros, Ultra Trade Service, and Juzhoi as pass-throughs to supply export-controlled items to Electrocom, a Russia-based supplier of critical electronics components to the Russian military, in violation of the Regulations. A criminal complaint has been filed against Petrov in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging, am…