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On July 31 a federal district court judge imposed an $8.6 million fine on the Russian subsidiary of International Business Machines (IBM) after the firm pled guilty to selling 17 high-speed computers to a Russian nuclear weapons lab in Sarov (formerly known as Arzamas-16). The fines, the maximum criminal ($8.5 million) and civil ($171,000) penalties allowable, will be paid by IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd. Additionally, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Export Administration placed the company's export privileges on probation for a two-year period. During its probation, IBM East Europe/Asia has agreed it will not engage in transactions involving...