{"id":9314,"date":"2016-09-30T04:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T04:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=9314"},"modified":"2016-09-30T04:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T04:41:46","slug":"dual-use-goods-russia-uses-garmin-navigators-in-the-war-against-ukraine-and-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/dual-use-goods-russia-uses-garmin-navigators-in-the-war-against-ukraine-and-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual Use Goods: Russia Uses Garmin Navigators in the War Against Ukraine and Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian company Navikom, which represent the US-Swiss company Garmin on the Russian market, supplies dual-use high-tech navigation and does not hide the fact that the Russian military is among its customers. For this reason, InformNapalm is publishing inside information on Navikom (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navicom.ru\/\">navicom.ru<\/a>) activities and the data on the deliveries by the company of Garmin (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.garmin.com\/en-US\">garmin.com<\/a>) navigators for use in combat helicopters, as well as evidence of the use of the navigation devices in the combat area in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>InformNapalm volunteers obtained the audio recording of a conversation between a buyer and a seller about Garmin navigators in a Navikom store in Moscow. The person that provided us the record noted that the Navikom representative praised the advantages of Garmin navigators, emphasizing that the Russian military purchased these devices and maps for use in Ukraine and Syria, and that Navikom management cooperates with Russian military, consulting and training them on the use of this navigation equipment; updating and correcting the data for some topographic areas, points and heights. At first glance, this does not seem like a big deal, but Garmin is a Swiss-American company, and it supplies dual use goods to the Russian market. So, what about the sanctions?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gar.jpg\" alt=\"gar\" width=\"633\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"st-toggle\">\n<li class=\"\">\n<h3 class=\"toggle-title\">\u0421\u0442\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0432 \u00ab\u041d\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0435\u00bb<i class=\"icon-plus\"><\/i><i class=\"icon icon-minus\"><\/i><\/h3>\n<div class=\"toggle-content\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"txt-content\">\n<p><strong>Record 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So what, are there many navigators with topographic maps of Ukraine being purchased?<\/li>\n<li>And they ask for extended warranty\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Extended warranty?<\/li>\n<li>Yes, two years of warranty.<\/li>\n<li>But now nobody should be asking for Syrian maps anymore, or do they still take them?<\/li>\n<li>They say, give me at least the heights.<\/li>\n<li>I see, the heights.<\/li>\n<li>Yes, yes.<\/li>\n<li>So, they went there, but still rely on an American GPS, American Garmin\u2026<\/li>\n<li>I asked why not Magellan, they said Magellan works for 20 minutes from the KamAZ (truck) battery.<\/li>\n<li>I see. So, American Garmin helped in Syria and in Ukraine, correct? Hilarious!<\/li>\n<li>Well, the kind of people going there, Garmin or anything else, it won\u2019t help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9314-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_1.mp3\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p><strong>Record 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I (unclear) for the people, who are using them. It\u2019s just with this\u2026 well, the 64 \u2013 this is American, I believe, the 62 GPSmap. Anyway, they were in Afghanistan with those sixty-twos, they tested them there. Then they made the 64. It is also where it is needed, they spread the democracy, and now our guys come and ask, do you have the manual in Russian? I say, well, it\u2019s on the website, you can print it out. Our director, he is such a jingoist, he prints all this stacks of paper. He tells me, show me how to use it. It makes no difference, show it or not, read it or not\u2026 but they will see that this is scary.<\/li>\n<li>I see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9314-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_2.mp3\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>InformNapalm researched the deliveries of Garmin equipment to Russia during the period of the sanctions on the supply of military and dual use goods. In particular, we established the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On September 1, 2014 Novikom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navicom.ru\/about\/news\/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=28430\">announced<\/a> the availability of Ukraine maps for Garmin devices.<\/li>\n<li>Modernization Aviation Complex, LLC (MAC) and Garmin Corporation in April 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/5UWFr\">signed the agreement <\/a>for equipment supply, ostensibly for the Cessna 172S simulators.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It is not a secret that MAC works closely with the Russian defense complex, and, of course, no one can guarantee exclusively non-military use of this equipment and that the contract does not serve as a cover for the supply of equipment for military purposes.\u00a0Especially because MAC has received the license for the development and production of aviation equipment (# 10656-AT-P, # 10675-AT-P), including the dual-use kind.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Russia continues to manufacture Mi-35 combat strike helicopters for the needs of the Armed Forces and for export, which are equipped with the Garmin GPS115L navigation system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In December 2014 the helicopters <a href=\"http:\/\/vremechko.org\/pervye-pyat-vertoletov-mi-35m-projdut-ispytaniya-v-zvo-soobshhil-oleg-kochetkov\/\">were delivered<\/a> to the Western Military District, in July 2015 the FSB announced a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arms-expo.ru\/news\/vooruzhenie_i_voennaya_tekhnika\/fsb_rossii_planiruet_zakupit_vertolety_mi_35_na_2_83_milliarda_rubley\/\">tender<\/a> for the supply of Mi-35 helicopters. The export of these helicopters is a separate issue.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Russian companies that own manufacturing in other countries and work for the Russian Ministry of Defense can <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/ural-news\/1978093\">purchase<\/a> Garmin equipment for installation in military vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>The GRU Sergeant Alexandrov, who was taken prisoner in a firefight near the town of Shchastya in Luhansk Oblast in May 2015 by the soldiers of the Ukrainian 92<sup>nd<\/sup> Brigade and who was convicted in the territory of Ukraine, had a smartphone <a href=\"http:\/\/censor.net.ua\/video_news\/353133\/razvedvyhod_3eyi_brigady_gru_gsh_vs_rossii_erofeevaaleksandrova_pered_boem_pod_schastem_16_maya_2015\">with photos<\/a>. One of them shows a Garmin GPSmap 76 device.\u00a0This device <a href=\"https:\/\/buy.garmin.com\/en-US\/US\/into-sports\/discontinued\/gpsmap-76\/prod169.html\">is showcased<\/a> on the company&#8217;s website. In the photo we see a TM-62 mine. The coordinates on the device indicate that this is the Fasad operating position of the Ukrainian Army. The scouts, who arrested Yerofeyev and Alexandrov, told InformNapalm volunteers that in their opinion the Russian troops were engaged in mining the access to the Ukrainian position.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aleqs.jpg\" alt=\"aleqs\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>The deliveries of presumably tourist Garmin GPS navigators Garmin to illegal armed groups occurred at large scale and through various supply channels throughout the period of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, the company couldn\u2019t miss the increase in the demand for devices and Ukrainian maps. <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/kHR07\">Example<\/a> of a delivery &#8220;for the Prizrak artillery brigade\u201d (specifically, those were Garmin etrex 30 devices).\u00a0The local representative of the Coordination Center of Assistance for Novorossiya in St. Petersburg <a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/lyubimov-aleksandr-sergeevich\/\">Alexandr Lyubimov<\/a> is posing in the photo with the navigators.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"width: 729px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/prizrak.jpg\" width=\"719\" height=\"547\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo (text of the message above the photo): Big September delivery Published on Thursday, 24\/09\/2015 \u2013 23:54 by the user Aleksandr Lyubimov. A few days ago we, the Coordination Center of Assistance for Novorossiya, sent the car with valuable goods to the city of Alchevsk for the Prizrak Brigade, and also for the unit commanded by Sergei \u201cPirat\u201d in the 4th LPR Brigade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will try to list and show photos for at least some of the goods.<\/p>\n<p>1) Navigators, binoculars, and radio headsets for the artillerists of the Prizrak Brigade.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/ragnarok-2017.livejournal.com\/413458.html?thread=12545554\">the iconic photo<\/a>: the primary navigation equipment of a Russian bomber is a common GPS device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gar-s.jpg\" width=\"703\" height=\"734\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo (text of the tweet: Russian Su-34 bombers use Garmin GPS-navigator. American. For tourists. Tied with a rubber band.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It turns out that the Russian military and the terrorists carry out military operations against the Ukrainian Army using equipment produced, among other places, in the United States &#8211; the country that has consistently advocated the application of sanctions to the aggressor and supports Ukraine in protecting its independence and territorial integrity. Even if in the case of Sergeant Alexandrov it was not a direct delivery to the Russian Ministry of Defense, then based on the above dialogue in the Navikom store, this is a dual-use product used in the undeclared war by the Russian military in the territory of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Existing US sanctions:<\/em><\/strong><em> On March 27, 2014, U.S. Department of State placed a hold on the issuance of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (\u201cITAR\u201d) licenses for the export of defense articles and defense services to Russia. On April 28, 2014, the hold on licenses was changed to a policy of denial for defense articles or defense services to Russia. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>We hope that our publication will serve as a signal for further proceedings on this subject. We hope that the competent US authorities will examine the supply of military and dual-use goods to the Russian Federation, which the aggressor country uses, bypassing the imposed sanctions. We also hope that Garmin will review the activities of its exclusive distributor in Russia ZAO Navikom and will substantially restrict the available product range to include only the products of strictly civilian use.<\/p>\n<p><em>We thank <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100012139784723\"><strong><em>Katherine Yaresko<\/em><\/strong> <\/a><em>and <\/em><strong><em>Dmitry K.<\/em><\/strong><em> for the collection and analysis of information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Edited by Max Alginin<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"InformNapalm_logo_05\" width=\"125\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a>(CC BY) I<\/em><em>nformation specially prepared for\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\">InformNapalm.org<\/a><em> site, <\/em><strong><em>an active link to the authors and our project is obligatory for any reprint or further use of the material.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian company Navikom, which represent the US-Swiss company Garmin on the Russian market, supplies dual-use high-tech&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":9316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[529,528,531,532],"tags":[69,694,166,513],"class_list":["post-9314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news","category-syria","category-world","tag-donbas","tag-garmin-navigator","tag-russia","tag-syria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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For this reason, InformNapalm is publishing inside information on Navikom (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navicom.ru\/\">navicom.ru<\/a>) activities and the data on the deliveries by the company of Garmin (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.garmin.com\/en-US\">garmin.com<\/a>) navigators for use in combat helicopters, as well as evidence of the use of the navigation devices in the combat area in Ukraine.\r\n\r\nInformNapalm volunteers obtained the audio recording of a conversation between a buyer and a seller about Garmin navigators in a Navikom store in Moscow. The person that provided us the record noted that the Navikom representative praised the advantages of Garmin navigators, emphasizing that the Russian military purchased these devices and maps for use in Ukraine and Syria, and that Navikom management cooperates with Russian military, consulting and training them on the use of this navigation equipment; updating and correcting the data for some topographic areas, points and heights. At first glance, this does not seem like a big deal, but Garmin is a Swiss-American company, and it supplies dual use goods to the Russian market. So, what about the sanctions?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gar.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-27625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gar.jpg\" alt=\"gar\" width=\"633\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n[toggle]\r\n[toggle_item title =\"\u0421\u0442\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u0432 \u00ab\u041d\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0435\u00bb\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Record 1<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>So what, are there many navigators with topographic maps of Ukraine being purchased?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>And they ask for extended warranty\u2026<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Extended warranty?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Yes, two years of warranty.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>But now nobody should be asking for Syrian maps anymore, or do they still take them?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>They say, give me at least the heights.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I see, the heights.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Yes, yes.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>So, they went there, but still rely on an American GPS, American Garmin\u2026<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I asked why not Magellan, they said Magellan works for 20 minutes from the KamAZ (truck) battery.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I see. So, American Garmin helped in Syria and in Ukraine, correct? Hilarious!<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Well, the kind of people going there, Garmin or anything else, it won\u2019t help.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_1.mp3\"][\/audio]\r\n\r\n<strong>Record 2<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>I (unclear) for the people, who are using them. It\u2019s just with this\u2026 well, the 64 \u2013 this is American, I believe, the 62 GPSmap. Anyway, they were in Afghanistan with those sixty-twos, they tested them there. Then they made the 64. It is also where it is needed, they spread the democracy, and now our guys come and ask, do you have the manual in Russian? I say, well, it\u2019s on the website, you can print it out. Our director, he is such a jingoist, he prints all this stacks of paper. He tells me, show me how to use it. It makes no difference, show it or not, read it or not\u2026 but they will see that this is scary.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I see.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-08-15_2.mp3\"][\/audio]\r\n\r\n[\/toggle_item]\r\n[\/toggle]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nInformNapalm researched the deliveries of Garmin equipment to Russia during the period of the sanctions on the supply of military and dual use goods. In particular, we established the following:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>On September 1, 2014 Novikom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navicom.ru\/about\/news\/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=28430\">announced<\/a> the availability of Ukraine maps for Garmin devices.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Modernization Aviation Complex, LLC (MAC) and Garmin Corporation in April 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/5UWFr\">signed the agreement <\/a>for equipment supply, ostensibly for the Cessna 172S simulators.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIt is not a secret that MAC works closely with the Russian defense complex, and, of course, no one can guarantee exclusively non-military use of this equipment and that the contract does not serve as a cover for the supply of equipment for military purposes.\u00a0Especially because MAC has received the license for the development and production of aviation equipment (# 10656-AT-P, # 10675-AT-P), including the dual-use kind.\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n \t<li>Russia continues to manufacture Mi-35 combat strike helicopters for the needs of the Armed Forces and for export, which are equipped with the Garmin GPS115L navigation system.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIn December 2014 the helicopters <a href=\"http:\/\/vremechko.org\/pervye-pyat-vertoletov-mi-35m-projdut-ispytaniya-v-zvo-soobshhil-oleg-kochetkov\/\">were delivered<\/a> to the Western Military District, in July 2015 the FSB announced a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arms-expo.ru\/news\/vooruzhenie_i_voennaya_tekhnika\/fsb_rossii_planiruet_zakupit_vertolety_mi_35_na_2_83_milliarda_rubley\/\">tender<\/a> for the supply of Mi-35 helicopters. The export of these helicopters is a separate issue.\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n \t<li>Russian companies that own manufacturing in other countries and work for the Russian Ministry of Defense can <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/ural-news\/1978093\">purchase<\/a> Garmin equipment for installation in military vehicles.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The GRU Sergeant Alexandrov, who was taken prisoner in a firefight near the town of Shchastya in Luhansk Oblast in May 2015 by the soldiers of the Ukrainian 92<sup>nd<\/sup> Brigade and who was convicted in the territory of Ukraine, had a smartphone <a href=\"http:\/\/censor.net.ua\/video_news\/353133\/razvedvyhod_3eyi_brigady_gru_gsh_vs_rossii_erofeevaaleksandrova_pered_boem_pod_schastem_16_maya_2015\">with photos<\/a>. One of them shows a Garmin GPSmap 76 device.\u00a0This device <a href=\"https:\/\/buy.garmin.com\/en-US\/US\/into-sports\/discontinued\/gpsmap-76\/prod169.html\">is showcased<\/a> on the company's website. In the photo we see a TM-62 mine. The coordinates on the device indicate that this is the Fasad operating position of the Ukrainian Army. The scouts, who arrested Yerofeyev and Alexandrov, told InformNapalm volunteers that in their opinion the Russian troops were engaged in mining the access to the Ukrainian position.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/aleqs.jpg\" alt=\"aleqs\" \/>\r\n<ol start=\"6\">\r\n \t<li>The deliveries of presumably tourist Garmin GPS navigators Garmin to illegal armed groups occurred at large scale and through various supply channels throughout the period of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, the company couldn\u2019t miss the increase in the demand for devices and Ukrainian maps. <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/kHR07\">Example<\/a> of a delivery \"for the Prizrak artillery brigade\u201d (specifically, those were Garmin etrex 30 devices).\u00a0The local representative of the Coordination Center of Assistance for Novorossiya in St. Petersburg <a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/lyubimov-aleksandr-sergeevich\/\">Alexandr Lyubimov<\/a> is posing in the photo with the navigators.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"719\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/prizrak.jpg\" width=\"719\" height=\"547\" \/> Photo (text of the message above the photo): Big September delivery Published on Thursday, 24\/09\/2015 \u2013 23:54 by the user Aleksandr Lyubimov. A few days ago we, the Coordination Center of Assistance for Novorossiya, sent the car with valuable goods to the city of Alchevsk for the Prizrak Brigade, and also for the unit commanded by Sergei \u201cPirat\u201d in the 4th LPR Brigade.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI will try to list and show photos for at least some of the goods.\r\n\r\n1) Navigators, binoculars, and radio headsets for the artillerists of the Prizrak Brigade.\r\n<ol start=\"7\">\r\n \t<li>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/ragnarok-2017.livejournal.com\/413458.html?thread=12545554\">the iconic photo<\/a>: the primary navigation equipment of a Russian bomber is a common GPS device.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"703\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gar-s.jpg\" width=\"703\" height=\"734\" \/> Photo (text of the tweet: Russian Su-34 bombers use Garmin GPS-navigator. American. For tourists. Tied with a rubber band.)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIt turns out that the Russian military and the terrorists carry out military operations against the Ukrainian Army using equipment produced, among other places, in the United States - the country that has consistently advocated the application of sanctions to the aggressor and supports Ukraine in protecting its independence and territorial integrity. Even if in the case of Sergeant Alexandrov it was not a direct delivery to the Russian Ministry of Defense, then based on the above dialogue in the Navikom store, this is a dual-use product used in the undeclared war by the Russian military in the territory of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Existing US sanctions:<\/em><\/strong><em> On March 27, 2014, U.S. Department of State placed a hold on the issuance of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (\u201cITAR\u201d) licenses for the export of defense articles and defense services to Russia. On April 28, 2014, the hold on licenses was changed to a policy of denial for defense articles or defense services to Russia. <\/em>\r\n\r\nWe hope that our publication will serve as a signal for further proceedings on this subject. We hope that the competent US authorities will examine the supply of military and dual-use goods to the Russian Federation, which the aggressor country uses, bypassing the imposed sanctions. We also hope that Garmin will review the activities of its exclusive distributor in Russia ZAO Navikom and will substantially restrict the available product range to include only the products of strictly civilian use.\r\n\r\n<em>We thank <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100012139784723\"><strong><em>Katherine Yaresko<\/em><\/strong> <\/a><em>and <\/em><strong><em>Dmitry K.<\/em><\/strong><em> for the collection and analysis of information.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Edited by Max Alginin<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-8997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"InformNapalm_logo_05\" width=\"125\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a>(CC BY) I<\/em><em>nformation specially prepared for\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\">InformNapalm.org<\/a><em> site, <\/em><strong><em>an active link to the authors and our project is obligatory for any reprint or further use of the material.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9314"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9320,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9314\/revisions\/9320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}