Application of Technostroyexport

OPINION

GRIESA, Chief Judge.

This is a petition to obtain discovery in aid of arbitration proceedings now pending in Moscow and Stockholm. Petitioner Technos-troyexport (“Technostroy”) is a foreign economic association organized under the laws of the Russian Federation. Technostroy has initiated an arbitration in Moscow against International Development and Trade Services, Inc. (“IDTS”). IDTS has brought an arbitration proceeding against Technostroy in Stockholm.

IDTS is a New York corporation. Its president is Edith Reich. Brigitte R. Jos-sem-Kumpf is a director and sole shareholder of IDTS.…