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Disarmament Diplomacy
Issue No. 24, March 1998
New Russian Civilian Agency to Scrap Nuclear Submarines,
Chemical Weapons
On 11 March, Russia's Defence Minister Sergeyev stated that
President Yeltsin had "fully approved the decision" to take
responsibility for disposing of retired Russian nuclear submarines
and its chemical weapons stockpile away from the Defence Ministry,
establishing a new, civilian-run, separately funded agency.
Sergeyev said the responsibilities constituted "inappropriate
functions" for his Ministry, and placed a particularly acute
financial strain on the already financially-hampered armed forces.
Report: Yeltsin - civilians can junk weapons,
Associated Press, 11 March.
© 1998 The Acronym Institute.
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