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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3039]

 
Bureau of Nonproliferation; Imposition of Lethal Military 
Equipment Sanctions Against the Government of Russia and Partial Waiver 
of These Sanctions

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Government has determined that the 
Government of Russia transferred lethal military equipment to a country 
determined by the Secretary of State to be a state sponsor of 
terrorism. The United States Government determined that, despite the 
transfers, furnishing assistance to the Government of Russia, other 
than assistance furnished to the three Russian entities specifically 
involved in the transfer of lethal military equipment, is important to 
the national interests of the United States. Further, it is the policy 
of the United States Government to deny U.S. Government assistance to 
these three entities.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Smaldone, Office of Export 
Controls and Conventional Arms Nonproliferation Policy, Bureau of 
Nonroliferation, Department of State, (202-647-4231).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 620H of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2378), section 573 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1994 (Pub. L. 103-87), section 563 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1995 (Pub. L. 103-306), section 552 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Pub. L. 104-
107), section 551 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Pub. L. 104-208), section 
550 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-118), section 551 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1999 (Pub. L. 105-277), and Executive Order 12163, as amended, on March 
29, 1999, the United States Government determined that the Government 
of Russia has provided lethal military equipment to a country 
determined by the Secretary of State to be a state sponsor of 
terrorism. Also on March 29, 1999 and pursuant to the aforementioned 
provisions of law, the United States Government determined furnishing 
assistance restricted by these provisions to the Government of Russia 
(other than assistance furnished to the three entities named below) is 
important to the national interests of the United States. Further, it 
is the policy of the United States Government to deny all types of U.S. 
Government assistance to the following three entities:

    (1) Tula Instrument Design Bureau (including at Tula 300001, 
Russia);
    (2) Volsk Mechanical Plant (including at Saratov Region, 412013, 
Volsk, Russia);
    (3) TZNII Central Scientific Research Institute of Precision 
Machine-Building (a/k/a Tzniitochmash) (including at 142080 
Klimovsk, Russia).

    These measures shall remain in place until further notice.

    Dated: April 21, 1999.
John P. Barker, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation Controls.
[FR Doc. 99-10754 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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