Russian procurement tactics, techniques, and procedures
Red flags
Using consolidators or reshippers which are owned/directed by Russians.
Layering procurements through third party countries to obfuscate the end user, an example of which is the use of numerous 3rd country freight forwarders and shippers on a single transaction.
Freight forwarding firm is listed as the product’s final destination.
Making payments from entities located in third countries not otherwise involved with the transactions.
Removing government/military affiliation from website.
Consolidating shipments/shippers in the United States may be more likely to provide applicable cover for the exports of luxury goods.
Procuring items below control thresholds while claiming civil end use.
Commodities of concern
- Aircraft Parts and Equipment
- Antennas
- Cameras
- GPS Systems
- Inertial Measurement Units
- Integrated Circuits
- Sonar Systems
- Spectrophotometers
- Test Equipment
- Thrusters
- Underwater Communications
- Vacuum Pumps
- Wafer Fabrication Equipment/Substrates
- Oil Field Equipment
Transshipment countries of concern
- Armenia
- Brazil
- China
- Georgia
- India
- Israel
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
Naming nomenclature
RAO (Rossiyskaya Aktsionernaya Kompaniya), which designates a Russian joint stock company
FGUP/FSUE (Federal’noye Gosudarstvennoye Unitarnoye Predpriyatiye), which designates a Russian Federal State Unitary Enterprise
GK (Gorsudarstvennaya Korporatsiya), which designates a Russian State Corporation
SPRE/NIPP (Nauchno-Issledovatel’skoye Proizvodstvennoye Predpriyatiye), which designates a Russian Scientific Research Production Enterprise
NPO/GNPO (Gosudarstvennyy Nauchno-Proizvodstvennyy Tsentr), which designates a Russian State Research and Production Center