Anthrax in Sverdlovsk: new pieces to the puzzle
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Russian Pres Boris Yeltsin admitted in his state visit to the US that their side has lagged in implementing the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972. The statement indicated that the former USSR was actively developing biological weapons despite signing an agreement to the contrary. The revelation also seemed to explain a mysterious outbreak of anthrax in Sverdlovsk, Russia. Unofficial reports stated that the outbreak was caused by organisms which leaked from a military laboratory in the area.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 1992
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Russia ready to join new post-COCOM organization
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Russia has shown its readiness to join the COCOM forum by addressing the contentious issue of arms sales to Iran. Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are also expected to join the forum at its Hague organizational meeting. The main objective of the forum is to control the accumulation of weapons, and technological transfer to South Asia and Middle East countries. This control can be achieved through formal consultation, transparency and multilateral agreement.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 1995
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The human element in Russia's chemical weapons disposal efforts
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The major impediment to Russian efforts to destroy its stock of chemical weapons is the historical inability of the federal government to take into account the human dimension of such a plan. This involves local health and environmental concerns of future operations and the consequences of ignoring thee concerns in past operations. Boris Yeltsin appears to be addressing these concerns in the most recent chemical weapons disposal plans.
Publication Name: Arms Control Today
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0196-125X
Year: 1995
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