RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 74, Part I, 17 April 2001
RUSSIA NEEDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO DESTROY WEAPONS. Atomic Energy Minister Valentin Ivanov said on 16 April that Western countries have provided Russia with only $600 million of the $2 billion needed to destroy weapons-grade plutonium, Russian agencies reported. Meanwhile, in a move certain to please Western governments, President Putin signed a decree expanding the list of dual-use items subject to government control, Interfax reported on 13 April. At the same time, however, Russia's Atomic Energy Ministry announced on 16 April that it intends to go ahead with the sale of additional nuclear power plants to Iran and Israel, ITAR-TASS reported. 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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