Russia

Release of a Secret Soviet Smallpox Report

Release of a Secret Soviet Smallpox Report

The first authoritative English translation of the report is now available.

Challenges in US-Russian Cooperation

The United States and Russia have to adjust old patterns of thinking to new political realities in order to further cooperation on nuclear terrorism and weapons proliferation.

CNS article

OP#09: The 1971 Smallpox Epidemic in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, and the Soviet Biological Warfare Program

Occasional Paper #9: The first authoritative English translation of an official Soviet report describing a previously unknown outbreak of smallpox in 1971 in the city of Aralsk, Kazakhstan.

Controversy Nuclear Testing

Renewed US-Russian Controversy over Nuclear Testing

Increased transparency measures are needed of both countries.

Public Finance in the Closed Cities of Russia

The system of closed nuclear cities has fiscally weakened Russia’s ability to become a true federation.

2002 Workshop on Russian Nuclear Regionalism and US Policy

The research teams presented findings and recommendations on US nonproliferation programs that focus on regional facilities.

Nuclear Regionalism in the Russian Far East

The entire area has many difficulties in common but the way each deals with them varies.

Russian Shipping Damaged Fuel

Russian Military Violates Nuclear Safety by Shipping Damaged Fuel

Military neglects safety & accounting procedures of naval spent nuclear fuel.

Russia Announces Plans to Participate in Research on Vozrozhdeniye Island

Research on a Soviet-era biological weapons test site in the Aral Sea.

Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), US Navy

Greater Attention Pledged to Russian Triad’s Naval Leg

An announcement was given to procure 40 sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).