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Novichok: What Do We Know?

... materials. Mirzayanov alleges that the Novichok agents were manufactured as binary compounds, whereas Uglev categorically states that “nobody has ever possessed a binary [chemical] weapon.” Mirzayanov suggests that Novichok is not covered by the CWC, and that no antidote exists. Uglev concurs that there is no antidote. However, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who was exposed to the agent while trying to help the Skripals, is well again. The formula Mirzayanov cites for the A-234 compound that ...

29.03.2018

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MAD's Midlife Crisis: The Impact of US-Russia Rivalry on International Arms Control

... action: Russian and US approaches for strengthening WMD regimes Dmitry Stefanovich: US Nuclear Policy Upgraded Certainly, the existing regimes for non-proliferation or prohibition of WMD differ from each other. While the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the NPT have institutionalized specialized agencies and organizations mandated to verify its implementation by States Parties on an international level (the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and International Atomic ...

01.03.2018

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)