Russia Challenged To Disclose Status of Biological Weapons From: The Washington Post | Date: February 26, 1998| Author: David Hoffman | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Russia is being challenged anew to disclose whether it is continuing a secret military research program on offensive biological weapons despite its earlier denials and an international treaty forbidding such work.

A defector to the United States who held high rank inside the Soviet-era biological warfare program, as well as activists here, have called in recent days for Russia to reveal whether it still maintains an illicit germ warfare complex.

Although President Boris ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	The Threat That Won't Disperse; Why Biological Weapons Have Taken Center Stage The Washington Post ; Secretary of Defense William Cohen hoists a 5-pound bag of sugar on television to demonstrate the quantity of anthrax spores that could kill half of Washington's population. Later, he announces that all U.S. military personnel, including the National Guard, Reservists and some civilian employees,
	Bolton Hearings Highlight Internal Differences on Cuba's Biological Weapons Arms Control Today ; During April 11-12 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the confirmation of John R. Bolton to be U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, a major controversy involved the use of intelligence on alleged Cuban efforts that might lead to biological weapons. Senators dissected in
	US proposes to relax controls on biological weapons development Peacework ; Even as US citizens suffer through the biggest biological weapons scare of modern times, the Bush administration is promoting a plan to relax international controls on bioweapons testing and development. The new US proposals come just weeks before diplomats are scheduled to review international
	Out of the Valley: Advancing the Biological Weapons Convention After the 2006 Review Conference Arms Control Today ; At 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was brought to a close with smiles, handshakes, and the resounding applause of 103 delegations in Geneva. Less audible was a collective sigh of relief that the conference ended amicably,
	Building a Forward Line of Defense: Securing Former Soviet Biological Weapons Arms Control Today ; Preventing a biological weapons attack-long a terrifying battlefield danger and now a serious threat to civilian populations as well-is a major contemporary global security priority. The anthrax attack on the U.S. Congress, the discovery of ricin laboratories in France and the United Kingdom, and

See all results.