Russia to Begin Destroying Lewisite Stockpiles by End of This Month

Sergei Kiriyenko, chairman of the Russian state commission for chemical disarmament, said Tuesday that Russia would begin destroying lewisite stockpiles on Nov. 25, according to ITAR-Tass (see GSN, May 14). 

Kiriyenko also said the destruction of stockpiles of msutard at the Gorny chemical weapons disposal facility would be completed before a Nov. 20 deadline (ITAR-Tass, Nov. 11 in FBIS-SOV, Nov. 11).

Russia has increased funding for the safeguarding and destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles three times so far this year, Russian Munitions Agency Deputy Director General Vyacheslav Kulebyakin said today. The additional funding has gone toward improving the “engineering safeguarding of facilities” and enhanced security measures, Kulebyakin said (Anatoly Yurkin, ITAR-Tass, Nov. 12).

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