Australia to Aid in Russian Submarine Dismantlement

Australia plans to provide Russia with $7 million to aid with nuclear submarine dismantlement efforts, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said yesterday (see GSN, June 9).

The funding, to be administered through the Group of Eight’s Global Partnership, would be used to help decommission more than 40 Russian nuclear submarines moored off Russia’s eastern coast, according to Downer. He said the project would aid global nonproliferation efforts by preventing rogue states from obtaining the vessels’ nuclear fuel (AAP Newsfeed, June 24).

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