Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
January 2003 Russia Special Weapons News
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- RUSSIA/CHECHNYA VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will press ahead with plans for a referendum in war-torn Chechnya, despite calls from a senior European official for a delay. The referendum is seen as the Kremlin's way of demonstrating the long-running war in the separatist region is now over
- U-S/RUSSIA/MEDIA VOA 17 Jan 2003 -- The United States expressed deep concern Friday about the firing of U-S businessman Boris Jordan as head of the media wing of the state-dominated Russian energy corporation, Gazprom. Critics in Moscow allege the move is an attempt to curb the independence of the Russian television network N-T-V
- Bush Waives Conditions on Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia Washington File 14 Jan 2003-- President Bush to Secretary of State Colin Powell on the "Waiver of Conditions on Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and Construction of a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia":
- Bush Waives Restrictions on Assistance to Russia Washington File 14 Jan 2003-- The White House on January 14 released the following memorandum from President Bush to Secretary of State Colin Powell on the Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to Russia under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
- RUSSIA-NOKOR-IRAQ VOA 14 Jan 2003 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a special envoy to North Korea, China, and the United States, in a bid to defuse the stand-off over North Korea's nuclear program
- RUSSIA/OSCE/CHECHNYA VOA 13 Jan 2003 -- Russia says it is cutting off talks on allowing human rights monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to renew their mission in Chechnya. However, officials of the O-S-C-E say they hope to persuade Russia to reconsider
- Daily Press Briefing State Department 09 Jan 2003 -- Media Reports of a New Missile Treaty
- RUSSIAN CASPIAN OIL VOA 09 Jan 2003 -- Energy specialists Thursday at a forum in Washington examined the outlook for increased exports of Russian and Caspian Sea oil
- RUSSIA / CHECHNYA / TRIAL VOA 01 Jan 2003 -- Officials in Russia's separatist region of Chechnya have criticized a court ruling that acquitted a Russian army officer who was accused of human rights abuses in Chechnya. The ruling is seen by many as a miscarriage of justice
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