{"id":29215,"date":"2023-02-18T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T14:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=29215"},"modified":"2024-12-28T23:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T22:31:03","slug":"us-embargo-chips-via-bg-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/us-embargo-chips-via-bg-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian companies and chip trafficking. Who are the Bulgarians accused by the US of violating the embargo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 49-year-old Bulgarian Milan <\/span> Dimitrov Dimitrov<\/b>, arrested in Greece in December, is awaiting bail for the court’s decision on his extradition. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/a> Reuters. He, his wife <\/span>Mariana Marinova Gargova<\/b>, as well as his father <\/span>Dimitar Milanov Dimitrov<\/b> They were charged in 2020 by a federal court with violating U.S. sanctions against Russia. The Russian (Ilyas) is also accused of Bulgarians in the United States <\/span>Ilyas Harresovich Sabirov<\/b> – property owner in Varna and founder of the sanctioned Russian companies<\/span> “Cosmos Komplekt<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>” and “<\/span>Sovtest Comp<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dimitar Milanov Dimitrov <\/b>since 2007 is the General Director of the Moscow-registered, established by <\/span>Ilyas Sabirov<\/b>, <\/span>sanctioned Russian company <\/span>Cosmos<\/span> Komplekt<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dimitar Dimitrov in “Cosmos Komplekt”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The arrested in Greece <\/span>Milan Dimitrov<\/b> is the majority owner<\/span> of the Bulgarian “ADM Microelectronics<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>” Ltd. and is a registered representative in Bulgaria of the Russian “<\/span>Meridian Telecom Intergroup<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>“. <\/span> <\/p>\n

At the address of the two companies in sq. Dianabad in Sofia is registered another representative office of a Russian company in Bulgaria. It’s in his mother’s name. <\/span>Svetlana Vladimirovna Dimitrova<\/b>, probably of Russian origin judging by her father’s name. She is a representative of “<\/span>Ural-Tento<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>” – created by <\/span>FSUP “Technointorg”<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> – a company of the former Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Milan’s wife<\/span>, Mariana Marinova Gargova<\/b>, is the sole owner of the Bulgarian company MTIG, accused in the United States of violating US sanctions against Russia<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>,<\/a>” Ltd (MTIG). The allegations come after an investigation by <\/span>The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is the government agency responsible for issuing export and re-export licenses for high-tech, military- and dual-purpose products.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part of the indictment of Bureau of Industry and Security, BIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> the control of the US BIS and despite international sanctions, Russia manages to circumvent them and receives chips for Russian missiles used to hit Ukraine.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The US authorities’ request to search <\/span> for Milan Dimitrov<\/b> claims that microchips sold to Russia despite the ban can also be used to target projectiles. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Arrested in Greece <\/span>Milan Dimitrov<\/b> has also carried out property transactions with Russian citizens, according to a check in the Property Register. In 2010, he sold an apartment in Sofia to a Russian citizen born in 1975.<\/span><\/p>\n

Owner in sanctioned Russian companies with property in Varna<\/span><\/h2>\n

The accused in the United States Russian (Ilyas) <\/span>Ilyas Harresovich Sabirov<\/b> and his wife Elena Alekseevna Sabirova own a property with an area of 117 sq.m. in a two-storey building in the villa area “Vayalar” in Varna. A reference in the Property Register shows that the property was purchased by the Sabirovs in December 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ilyas Sabirov’s property in Varna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russian properties and companies in Bulgaria<\/span><\/h2>\n

BIRD.BG is not the first time he has revealed properties and companies in Bulgaria to sanctioned Russians. Among them are <\/span>Properties<\/span><\/a> of Sergei Chemezov, Maxim Topilin, Vladimir Pligin and Alexei Chepa. In another <\/span>
\n publication<\/span>
\n<\/a> revealed how the Black Sea resort linked the management of Russian state-owned companies with TIM.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulgaria has not imposed sanctions on any Russian citizens or any Russian company on the sanctions lists, <\/span> Mediapool recently<\/span> reported<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last year, BIRD.BG developed <\/span> a search engine<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> in the data of over 100,000 Russian citizens with properties and participations in companies in Bulgaria.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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