*681 MEMORANDUM **

Roman Kitsoula, a native and citizen of Ukraine, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for asylum. 1 The BIA denied the application because: (1) Kitsoula did not provide sufficient evidence of the identity of his attackers; (2) there was no evidence that the police were unwilling or unable to control the persecutors; and (3) the change in country conditions eliminated any fear of future persecution.

The BIA erred in holding that Kitsoula was required to know the identity of his persecutors. See Aguilera-Cota v. INS, 914 F.2d 1375, 1380 (9th Cir. 1990). However, substantial evidence supports the BIA’s finding that Kitsoula did not establish eligibility for asylum, because he failed to demonstrate the Ukrainian government was unwilling or unable to control his persecutors. See Nahrvani v. Gonzales, 399 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2005).

Because the BIA’s second ground for denying petitioner’s application was supported by substantial evidence, we need not address whether the evidence of changed country conditions was sufficient.

PETITION DENIED.