Report on the Implementation of the Russian Officer Resettlement Certificate Program

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February 8, 1996
92
Cert. 
Number
Officer’s Name 
Demob.
Date
Country of
Demob.
Source of List
Cert.
Issuance
Date
Presale
Date
Closing
Date
Rank
Military
Branch
Purchase Price
Sm-001
Ponomarev Mikhail
Mikhaylovich
3/31/92
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/24/95
Captain 2nd
Rank
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-002
Belousov Nikolay
Antonovich
7/10/92
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/27/95
9/25/95
Captain 2nd
Rank
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-003
Golovanev Anatoly
Fedotovich
9/25/93
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Ground Forces
$23,000.00
Sm-004
Voskoboi Aleksandr
Konstantinovich
1/17/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
6/13/95
8/24/95
Colonel
Air Defense
$25,000.00
Sm-005
Ivanov Viktor
Yuryevich
8/22/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/24/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Air Force
$19,500.00
Sm-006
Porshakov Eduard
Mikhaylovich
4/11/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Captain 3rd
Rank
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-007
Pribilskiy Nikolay
Mikhaylovich
6/10/94
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Major
Ground Forces
$23,000.00
Sm-008
Shchendrigin Andrey
Andreevich
6/7/92
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/28/95
9/25/95
Major
Ground Forces
$19,500.00
Sm-009
Koval Viktor
Petrovich
7/13/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
5/18/95
7/4/95
Senior
Lieutenant
Fed. Intel.
Service
$10,800.00
Sm-010
Korshunov Vladimir
Vasilyevich
11/10/92
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Major
Ground Forces
$25,000.00
Sm-011
Petrov Nikolay
Vasilyevich
3/31/93
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Air Defense
$23,000.00
Sm-012
Doroshenko Vladimir
Grigoryevich
4/10/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/30/95
Senior
Mitchman
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-013
Petunin Sergey
Evgenyevich
9/5/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/24/95
8/24/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Air Force
$23,000.00
Sm-014
Potratiy Natalya
Anatolyevna
9/30/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
6/9/95
Senior Seaman
Navy
$19,500.00
Sm-015
Petrukhin Vladimir
Aleksandrovich
4/28/92
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
6/9/95
Major
Air Force
$23,000.00
Sm-016
Simonenko Vladimir
Ivanovich
10/1/92
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
6/9/95
Lieutenant
Colonel
Air Defense
$19,500.00

Cert. 
Number
Officer’s Name 
Demob.
Date
Country of
Demob.
Source of List
Cert.
Issuance
Date
Presale
Date
Closing
Date
Rank
Military
Branch
Purchase Price
February 8, 1996
93
Sm-017
Labustko Yury
Nikolaevich
10/4/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/24/95
Major
Air Defense
$23,000.00
Sm-018
Zinchenko Oleg
Evgenyevich
4/11/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/27/95
9/25/95
Captain 3rd
Rank
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-019
Kostinskaya Zoya
Nikolaevna
4/10/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
6/9/95
Senior
Mitchman
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-020
Trifonov Evgeny
Anatolyevich
9/5/93
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
4/24/95
8/24/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Air Force
$25,000.00
Sm-021
Maslyaninov Yury
Fyodorovich
4/10/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/30/95
Senior
Mitchman
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-022
Lakeev Vasily
Vasilyevich
4/10/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/30/95
Senior
Mitchman
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-023
Arekhov Vladimir
Maksimovich (wife
rec.)
10/12/92
Latvia
MOD
4/20/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Colonel
Air Defense
$13,500.00
Sm-024
Mikolenko Mikhail
Vladimirovich
4/10/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/30/95
Mitchman
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-025
Karpinskiy Mikhail
Nikolaevich
3/22/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/27/95
8/31/95
Mitchman
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-026
Chornogor Fyodor
Ivanovich
4/11/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Lieutenant
Colonel
Medical
Service
$25,000.00
Sm-027
Chepegin Sergey
Andreevich
4/10/95
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
6/9/95
Mitchman
Navy
$19,500.00
Sm-028
Zhilyaev Aleksandr
Sergeevich
1/19/93
Lithuania
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
8/24/95
Major
$19,500.00
Sm-029
Shukhtin Valery
Vsevolodovich
10/6/94
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Colonel
Ground Forces
$25,000.00
Sm-030
Shaulin Sergey
Mikhaylovich
7/29/94
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/28/95
8/11/95
Captain 2nd
Rank
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-031
Palaev Aleksey
Ivanovich
7/10/92
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Colonel
Ground Forces
$25,000.00
Sm-032
Savchenko Nataliya
Ivanovna
7/1/93
Estonia
MOD
4/20/95
4/21/95
9/25/95
Sergeant Major
Navy
$23,000.00

Cert. 
Number
Officer’s Name 
Demob.
Date
Country of
Demob.
Source of List
Cert.
Issuance
Date
Presale
Date
Closing
Date
Rank
Military
Branch
Purchase Price
February 8, 1996
94
Sm-033
Koshka Yury
Andreevich
9/14/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Ground Forces
$23,000.00
Sm-034
Lipanov Vladimir
Danilovich
3/25/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Major
Air Force
$23,000.00
Sm-035
Bandurkin Vladislav
Sergeevich
3/3/93
Estonia
MOD
5/4/95
5/10/95
8/30/95
Major
Air Defense
$25,000.00
Sm-036
Krot Georgy
Fyodorovich
10/21/93
Estonia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/30/95
Senior
Lieutenant
Air Force
$19,500.00
Sm-037
Franko Leonid
Prokofyevich
9/11/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/17/95
8/14/95
Lieutenant
Colonel
Fed. Intel.
Service
$23,000.00
Sm-038
Ratiev Yury
Pavlovich
8/22/94
Estonia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
9/21/95
Lieutenant
Colonel
Air Defense
$23,000.00
Sm-039
Grudin Pavel
Aleksandrovich
11/6/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Major
Ground Forces
$23,000.00
Sm-040
Pider Rein
Aleksandrovich
4/26/92
Estonia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
10/27/95
General Major
Ground Forces
$19,500.00
Sm-041
Radaev Anatoly
Veniaminovich
7/11/92
Estonia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Major
Air Defense
$23,000.00
Sm-042
Maksimovich Oleg
Valentinovich
9/21/93
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/6/95
6/22/95
Captain
Air Force
$19,500.00
Sm-043
Brodnitskiy Anatoly
Ivanovich
6/18/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Lieutenant
Colonel
Strat. Missle
Forces
$23,000.00
Sm-044
Patsula Grigory
Vladimirovich
3/2/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Colonel
Ground Forces
$25,000.00
Sm-045
Zakharov Gennady
Sergeevich
6/4/93
Estonia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Major
Air Force
$23,000.00
Sm-046
Kuchkin Nikolay
Ivanovich
2/27/92
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Mitchman
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-047
Dolzhenkov Anatoly
Aleksandrovich
1/18/94
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/24/95
Colonel
Ground Forces
$25,000.00
Sm-048
Zhevna Vasily
Mikhaylovich
8/6/94
Latvia
MOD
5/4/95
5/5/95
8/30/95
Chief Warrant
Officer
Air Force
$13,500.00
Sm-049
Tsvigun Andrey
Ivanovich
9/9/94
Estonia
MOD
5/5/95
5/5/95
8/30/95
Mitchman
Navy
$19,500.00

Cert. 
Number
Officer’s Name 
Demob.
Date
Country of
Demob.
Source of List
Cert.
Issuance
Date
Presale
Date
Closing
Date
Rank
Military
Branch
Purchase Price
February 8, 1996
95
Sm-050
Khomenko Aleksandr
Nikolaevich
4/16/95
Estonia
MOD
5/6/95
5/10/95
8/30/95
Captain 3rd
Rank
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-051
Zaporozhets Vladimir
Leonidovich
4/16/95
Estonia
MOD
5/6/95
5/11/95
8/30/95
Senior
Lieutenant
Navy
$13,500.00
Sm-052
Shumilo Natalya
Viktorovna
6/27/94
Estonia
MOD
5/6/95
5/10/95
8/24/95
Sergeant
Air Defense
$23,000.00
Sm-053
Volkov Pavel
Denisovich
8/31/94
Estonia
MOD
5/16/95
5/17/95
8/30/95
Captain 1st
Rank
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-054
Kravchenkov
Mikhail Alekseevich
8/18/94
Estonia
MOD
5/16/95
5/18/95
8/24/95
Warrant Officer
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-055
Doroshenko
Aleksandr
Grigoryevich
8/31/94
Estonia
MOD
5/16/95
5/18/95
8/30/95
Warrant Officer
Navy
$23,000.00
Sm-056
Smirnov Yury
Vasilyevich
1/17/93
Latvia
MOD
5/16/95
5/17/95
8/30/95
Major
Ground Forces
$19,500.00
Sm-057
Shestirekov Sergey
Vasilyevich
5/4/95
Estonia
MOD
5/16/95
5/17/95
8/30/95
Lieutenant
Colonel
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-058
Kroshko Lyudmila
Yuryevna
4/15/94
Estonia
MOD
5/16/95
5/17/95
8/30/95
Mitchman
Navy
$19,500.00
Sm-059
Sapozhkova Tatyana
Ivanovna
9/1/94
Estonia
MOD
5/16/95
5/16/95
8/30/95
Senior Seaman
Navy
$19,500.00
Sm-060
Pavlov Yury
Nikolaevich
7/21/93
Estonia
MOD
5/18/95
5/19/95
8/30/95
Major
$13,500.00
Sm-061
Romanov Aleksandr
Illarionovich
7/24/92
Estonia
MOD
5/24/95
5/25/95
8/24/95
Mitchman
Navy
$25,000.00
Sm-062
Blazhevich
Aleksandr
Valentinovich
8/31/94
Latvia
MOD
6/1/95
6/8/95
8/24/95
Warrant Officer
Air Force
$24,700.00
Sm-063
Vaskevich Olga
Aleksandrovna
6/27/94
Latvia
MOD
6/1/95
6/9/95
9/20/95
Corporal
Air Force
$23,500.00
Sm-064
Ryzhikov Yevgeny
Iosifovich
10/25/95
Latvia
MOD
6/1/95
6/8/95
8/24/95
Warrant Officer
Air Defense
$25,000.00
Sm-065
Spiridonov Vladimir
Aleksandrovich
5/11/90
Lithuania
Local
6/1/95
6/16/95
8/24/95
Major
$24,700.00

Cert. 
Number
Officer’s Name 
Demob.
Date
Country of
Demob.
Source of List
Cert.
Issuance
Date
Presale
Date
Closing
Date
Rank
Military
Branch
Purchase Price
February 8, 1996
96
Sm-066
Andreev Vladimir
Vasilyevich
6/22/93
Kirgizstan
Local
6/1/95
6/9/95
8/30/95
Major
$21,200.00

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The Russian Officer Resettlement Certificate Program in
St. Petersburg Oblast 
The Russian Officer Resettlement Certificate program in the Oblast of St. Petersburg started on March 10, 1995.  At
the time of the of the program suspension on May 31, 1995, 445 officers. had received certificates.  This represents 74
percent of the 600 officers who would have been housed under the terms of the MOU.  The first MOU was signed on
February 28, 1995 to house 300 officers and an MOU amendment to house an additional 300 officers was signed on
April 12, 1995.
Site Selection:
The Oblast of Leningrad had been approached by Abt in September of 1994.  After several meetings it became clear
that the Oblast did not want to participate in the program because they
were not satisfied with the beneficiary split.  In other words the Oblast wanted to be able to select  more than simply
ten percent of the officers who would receive certificates, as specified by the MOU.  The city of St. Petersburg,
which has a federal status independent of the Oblast,  could sign the MOU.  Abt approached the city knowing that
the city would be a favorite place for the officers returning from the Baltics.  On our initial site visit to the city of St.
Petersburg we identified a building site with over 120 units available with prices within the $25,000 cap as specified in
the MOU.  We also found out that the municipality had 200 units that would be ready for occupancy within four
months and an additional 200 units that would be ready for occupancy within six months.  The city of St. Petersburg
was the most popular site for officers living in the Baltics because of its port facilities, and other employment
opportunities.  The Mayor’s office in the city of St. Petersburg was also in complete support of this program.  The
Pricing Center within the Department of Construction supplied us with  unit costs.
After issuing three hundred certificates the city requested an amendment for the MOU.   This amendment would
allow us to issue an additional 300 certificates.  The amended MOU was signed on April 12, 1995.  The Oblast
administration also signed a letter of understanding from USAID.  The Oblast administration agreed to support up to
200 officers under the terms as specified in the MOU.  This letter was included because a construction site with 120
units available for occupancy was located a few hundred meters outside the city border.
Bank Selection:
Most of the ISBs have  affiliates or branches in St. Petersburg.  Baltiyiskiy, Petrovskiy and Bank St. Petersburg were
approached and given RFPs,  because they all had a strong working relationship with the city administration and had
headquarters in St. Petersburg.  Bank St. Petersburg was selected on the strength of their proposal.  With extensive
computer networks, the bank assured us that the program data would be stored on computers, making our weekly
reporting far less cumbersome, and regular cross verification possible.  The bank also assured us that they would
create a team dedicated to working on this project for the life of the program.  In addition Bank St. Petersburg was
selected on the recommendation of the administration of the city of St. Petersburg and approved by Minstroi.
The subcontract signed between the bank and Abt Associates provided that Bank St. Petersburg  received $1,000
for every processed officer.  For the 438 officers who have closed on their units, the bank has received $438,000 in
payment.
A modification to the subcontract was signed adding a new task : verification of officer occupancy of their units. 
The bank received $ 15,000 to do this additional work.  To date they have verified that 238 officers have moved in. 
Pricing:
The Department of Construction for the Oblast sent us pricing data and the pricing projections were done by Abt
Associates Inc.  The amounts paid for the redemption of the certificates are listed below:

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Number of
Amount Paid*
Total Paid
1
$23,500
$23,500.00
1
$24,807
$24,807.00
1
$24,980
$24,980.00
1
$24,995
$24,995.00
434
$25,000
$10,850,000.00
Total
438
$10,948,282.00
Average price
per unit
$24,996.08
* The prices listed include new and existing units.
The tables below list the country of demobilization and the source of the lists for all the officers who have closed on
their units.
Country of Demobilization
Country
Number of officers
Percentage
Latvia
153
34.93%
Lithuania
1
0.23%
Estonia
250
57.08%
Belarus
9
2.05%
Germany
1
0.23%
Kazakhstan
10
2.28%
Ukraine
13
2.97%
Uzbekistan
1
0.23%
Total
438
100.00%
Source of List
Source of officers
 Number of
Percentage
Ministry of Defense
394
89.95%
Local waiting list
44
10.05%
Total
438
100%

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The tables below lists the number of officers who fall into each of the three eligibility categories.
Officers and their category classifications
Category
Number of officers
Percentage
First
370
84.47%
Second
34
7.76%
Third
34
7.76%
Total
438
100.00%
Certificate extensions and cancellations
Within one month of receiving their certificates, officers had to find a housing unit, negotiate the price, and sign a
presales contract  with the offeror or owner of the unit. This contract defined the terms and conditions of the sale,
and committed both the buyer and the seller to complete the purchase transaction within three months.
Occasionally the officers were unable to sign the presales contract within one month of having received their
certificates.  The bank, on behalf of the officers applied to Abt associates Inc. to have the one month deadline for
signing the pre-sale contract extended, and Abt Associate gave the bank the decision after consulting with USAID. 
Usually an extension was requested if the officer was unable to return from the Baltics in time to sign the pre-sale
contract.  When an officer was granted such an extension, the officer still had to sign the final closing contract
within four months of  receiving the certificate.  Since most of the available units were at or near completion, the
officers were able to sign the pre-sales contract soon after receiving their certificates.  
If the builder was unable to complete the unit on time, or if the builder backed out of the pre-sales contract, the
officer would be granted an extension of the four month deadline to close on a unit.  Again an application for
extension was submitted by the bank and the decision reached after consulting with USAID. When municipal units
are completed by the Department of Construction, responsibility for the units is handed over to the Department of
Housing within the city.  This department is generally responsible for housing citizens who are on the waiting list for
public housing.  In this program, the Department of Housing was given responsibility for the units, and they often
delayed making the units available for the officers.  This made it necessary to have the four month certificate
extended for many officers.  Likewise the Department of Construction was often unable to complete the units on
time, and extensions had to be granted to officers in these  units. 
Of the officers who received certificates in St. Petersburg
7 certificates were canceled
7 officers had their one month search period extended
96 officers had their four month certificate duration extended.
Issues
Municipal Units
Many units were purchased from the city.  Thus, the unit prices provided to us had be verified by an independent
firm.  AUREC, our subcontractor for the implementation of the program in St. Petersburg, was able to confirm the
prices as submitted by the Department of Construction.
The Department of Housing is generally responsible for housing people on the local waiting list.   We found that
this department sometimes did not inform officers from the Baltics that units were complete, because they wanted to
make sure that the officers who were selected from the local waiting list received housing first.  When we found out
about this practice, this issue was brought up before a joint Department of Construction, and Department of

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Housing meeting.  The Department of Construction agreed to post a list of the available units at each briefing and
the Department of Construction assigned a person who would be responsible for making the lists available to all the
officers.  This would essentially eliminate the role of the Department of Housing, although they did get the lists of
officers who had received housing.  The Department of Housing would in turn inform the local administrative bodies
about who had been housed.  In subsequent briefings the agent from the Department of Construction made a brief
presentation, and listed all the housing available.  All the officers were also given his name and telephone number. 
We also monitored the allocation of housing after this meeting to make sure that the practice of selectively informing
officers it did not continue, and found that indeed the practice had stopped.