Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 27, 2007, No. 05-75657 (Korotkov v. Gonzales)

*652MEMORANDUM **

Lead petitioner, Aleksandr Korotkov, a native and citizen of Russia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review the denial of asylum for substantial evidence, Nagoulko v. INS, 333 F.3d 1012, 1015 (9th Cir.