RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 2, Part I, 4 January 2001
MOSCOW DENIES MOVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS INTO KALININGRAD. The Russian Defense Ministry and the Baltic Fleet on 3 January denied a report in the "Washington Times" on the same day which said that Moscow is transferring tactical nuclear weapons into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, Russian agencies reported. The "Washington Times" cited U.S. intelligence and defense officials as its source for the story. A spokesman for the Baltic Fleet said that the report was "either a political provocation or inaccurate journalism." PG
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