July 15, 1998
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release July 15, 1998
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
The Russian government today announced that the Government Commission
on export control, chaired by Minister of the Economy Yakov Urinson, is
conducting special investigations on nine entities, including the INOR
scientific center, the Grafit and Polyus research institutes, the
Tikhomirov institute, Glavkosmos, the Komintern plant in Novosibirsk, the
MOSO company, Baltic State Technical University and Europalace 2000. These
enterprises are believed to have violated Russian export controls and
attempted to export goods or services which could contribute to weapons of
mass destruction or missiles to deliver them. The investigations may
result in administrative actions and criminal prosecutions.
Consistent with the Russian actions and where consistent with our own
assessment, the United States will suspend immediately any U.S. government
program or assistance to entities on this list and will proceed
expeditiously to impose trade restrictions on such entities.
These steps support the Russian commitment to stop the flow of
sensitive technologies and demonstrate the growing effectiveness of
U.S.-Russian cooperation in halting the proliferation and transfer of
dangerous weapons technology and materials. The U.S. and Russia will
continue to work together to strengthen controls on such exports and to
enforce compliance with the laws, policies and international agreements on
such transfers.
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