VZCZCXYZ0010
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHMO #1087 1170551
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 270551Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3061
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001087 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/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: GOLD GLOBE 
COMPLETE, MOSCOW, RUSSIA. 
 
REFTELS: USDOC 0534 
 
¶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, Gold Globe Complete, 
Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license applications: 
NLR as the ultimate consignee of 15 electronic integrated circuits 
and devices, micro assemblies and digital field programmable gate 
arrays. These items are controlled for national security, 
anti-terrorism, missile technology and nuclear proliferation reasons 
under ECCN 3A001. The licensee is Actel Corporation, 2061 Stierlin 
Court, Mountain View, CA 94043. 
 
¶3. On April 22, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES 
Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment 
verification at the offices of Gold Globe Complete, 16, 
Krasnoproletarskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. The export control team 
met with Andrey Popkov, General Director and Sergey Philippov, Sales 
Director. 
 
¶4. Gold Globe Complete (GGC) was established in 1993 as an 
electronic components distributor. GGC employs 250 people and has 
offices in Moscow and 4 other major cities in Russia. The Moscow 
complex occupies three floors of a multi-unit office building with 
manned security and an electronic access system. GGC offices have a 
secure storage area for dual-use items. 
 
¶5. GGC produces integrated circuit boards and household appliances 
from the technology that they purchase from the U.S. and Europe. 
Andrey Popkov, General Director, provided the export control team 
with company catalogs, which will be placed in the end use check 
file. 
 
¶6. GGC also publishes technical manuals, books and magazines, some 
of which were provided to the export control team by Andrey Popkov. 
 
¶7. Andrey Popkov told the export control team that the end user of 
the reftel commodity is the Russian company FGUP NII QSubmikron 
(Scientific Research Institute QSubmikronQ) located in Zelenograd, 
Moscow Region, Russia. 
 
¶8. The export control team found no indication of impropriety at 
GGC. Andrey PopkovQs answers were not evasive, and the export 
control team was provided full access to the facilities. 
 
¶9. Recommendations: Post recommends Gold Globe Complete, Moscow, 
Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin 
commodities. 
(FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) 
BEYRLE