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DE RUEHMO #1263 1270747
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 060747Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7923
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001263 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/JHATFIELD 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ENERGO-REMONT 
LLC, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D388656 
 
REFTEL: USDOC 02161 
 
 
¶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, 
Energo-Remont LLC, Moscow, Russia. The company is 
listed on BIS license application D388656 as the 
ultimate consignee of five thermal infrared cameras. 
These items are controlled for national security and 
nuclear non-proliferation reasons under ECCN 6A003. 
The licensee is L3 Communications Infrared Products, 
13532 N. Central Expressway MS37, Dallas, TX 75243. 
 
¶3. On April 28, 2008, Export Control Attache Peter 
Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the 
requested pre-license check at the offices of Energo- 
Remont LLC, 52, Electrozavodskaya St., Moscow, Russia. 
The export control team met with Aleksey Kovalev, 
General Director of Task-T Company and Ivan Sbornov, 
Deputy General Director of Task-T Company and Chief 
Specialist of Energo-Remont LLC. 
 
 
 
¶4.  Energo-Remont is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) 
and subsidiary of the holding company Spektr-KSK.  It 
is common practice in Russia to establish a holding 
company, and as the business expands into other 
fields, to then establish separate subordinate 
companies.  Energo-Remont was founded in 2007 when 
Spektr-KSK expanded into the technical diagnostic and 
evaluations of facilities in the energy field. 
Energo-Remont appears to have the technical and 
commercial sophistication to utilize the subject 
commodity.  They have a legitimate need for this 
technology and a legitimate end use. 
 
¶5. Also under the holding company Spektr-KSK is the 
Task-T.  Task-T was founded in 2006 as a Limited 
Liability Company specializing in security equipment, 
safety systems development and deployment.  Task-T was 
the subject of a favorable Export Control Team Moscow 
PSV (D363392) in May 2007.  The Holding Company 
Spektra-KSK in total employs 150 people within their 
established companies. 
 
¶6. Energo-Remont will utilize the commodity in reftel 
as part of their cataloged TSM-MP Imaging System on a 
contractual basis for technical diagnostics and 
evaluation of overheated components of electrical 
equipment of power, gas and heating supply facilities. 
The Thermal Eye 300D Infrared Camera, a component of 
the TSM-MP Imaging System, will be stored in a limited 
access, locked storage facility at their main 
operations center in Moscow when not in use. 
 
¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends Energo-Remont 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/BBLECHER/PLISTON) 
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