RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 7, Part I, 11 January 2001
'NO MILITARY NEED' FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN KALININGRAD.
Yevgeny Maslin, the former chief of the 12th nuclear department of the Russian Defense Ministry, told ITAR-TASS on 10 January that "Russia has no military need to keep tactical nuclear weapons in the Kaliningrad region." His comments came in response to Washington's request for "explanations" about
a transfer of such weapons to that exclave (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 5 January 2001). Maslin said that such questions about Kaliningrad prompt him to ask "why does the US not pull out its tactical nuclear weapons from Europe." PG
Copyright (c) 2001. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.http://www.rferl.org
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