SEC Info - Sawikin Harvey - ‘3’ for 11/13/15 re: Caspian Services Inc.

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Sawikin Harvey

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

152 WEST 57TH ST, 24TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK

10019

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/13/15

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CASPIAN SERVICES INC [ CSSV ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001	6,994,998	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

(1) The Reporting Person is the majority owner of Firebird Management LLC ("Management") and Firebird Avrora Advisors LLC ("Avrora") and may be deemed to control each of Management and Avrora. Management and Avrora act as investment advisors to, respectively, Firebird New Russia Fund, Ltd and Firebird Avrora Fund, Ltd. (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, each a "Fund") that own the shares subject to this Form 3. As investment advisers to the Funds, each of Management and Avrora has voting and investment control with respect to the shares held by the Fund that it advises. The Reporting Person may be deemed to have an indirect interest in certain of the shares owned by the Funds through its indirect holdings in the Funds.

(2) The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein and this filing should not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership for Section 16 purposes or any other purpose.

Remarks:

	/s/ Harvey Sawikin	11/23/15
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Sawikin Harvey – ‘3’ for 11/13/15 re: Caspian Services Inc.

On: Monday, 11/23/15, at 5:08pm ET · For: 11/13/15 · Accession #: 1012975-15-804 · File #: 0-33215

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Sawikin Harvey – ‘3’ for 11/13/15 re: Caspian Services Inc.

On: Monday, 11/23/15, at 5:08pm ET · For: 11/13/15 · Accession #: 1012975-15-804 · File #: 0-33215

Previous ‘3’: ‘3’ on 11/19/07 for 9/11/07 · Latest ‘3’: This Filing

Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider — Form 3 — SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

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Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider — Form 3 — SEA’34
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