<p><pre><code>  This was my first encounter with ITAR – the “how dare you 
  want interesting stuff?” restrictions. Before then I 
  never realized just how USA, uh…, loves the whole world.
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ITAR is a US regulation, and the USA doesn&#x27;t have jurisdiction on a sale from a Japanese vendor to a Russian customer. You&#x27;re thinking of MTCR, &quot;an informal and voluntary partnership&quot; between 34 countries. Both Russia and Japan are members: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Missile_Technology_Control_Regime" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Missile_Technology_Control_Reg...</a>