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UNCLAS MOSCOW 000300 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/L.RITTER 
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA 
USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST 
 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SKARD ELECTRONIC, KURSK, 
RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D408571 
 
REFTEL: USDOC 07085 
 
 
¶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, SKARD Electronic, Kursk, Russia. 
The company is listed on BIS license application D408571 as the 
ultimate consignee of TriQuint Semi-conductor 33 - 47 GHZ wideband 
driver amplifier. This item is controlled for national security and 
nuclear non-proliferation reasons under ECCN 3A001. The licensee is 
RFMW, Ltd, 90 Great Oaks Blvd., Suite 107, San Jose, CA  95119. 
 
¶3. On February 4, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES 
Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested pre-license check at the 
offices of SKARD Electronic, Katla Marksa 70B, Kursk, Russia. The 
export control team met with Oleg Donskoy, Deputy General Director, 
and Vladimir Semykin, Commercial Director. 
 
¶4. SKARD Electronic is a privately held company that was established 
in 2002.  SKARD has two principal owners and has approximately 80 
employees.  SKARD specializes in radio and electronics relay, 
microwave and metrology.  SKARD is fully licensed within the 1 -40 
GHZ radio microwave frequencies. SKARD does approximately 1 million 
USD in annual sales, has an almost monopoly in the local market and 
according to Oleg Donskoy, Deputy General Director, SKARD actually 
turns away business. 
 
¶5. Oleg Donskoy, Deputy General Director, advised he export control 
team that SKARD Electronic is purchasing the RFMW, Ltd's 33 - 47 GHZ 
wideband driver amplifier for the construction of radio relay 
stations. The purchase will be for testing the relay stations until 
the project to install the system in the greater Kursk area passes 
the development stage. 
 
¶6.  SKARD Electronic appears to have the commercial viability to 
make the purchase.  SKARD has the technical sophistication and a 
legitimate need for the commodity in reftel.  The export control 
team did not detect and possible connection to state sponsored 
terrorism.  SKARD is not involved in any chemical, biological, 
nuclear or missile programs. 
 
¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends SKARD Electronic, Kursk, 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/JMARKS/PLISTON) 
BEYRLE