[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10754]
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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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