Eurasia/Russia

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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.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, WikiMedia Commons

Bulgaria Reaffirms Plan to Destroy SS-23 Missiles

A rejection of Bulgaria’s bid to join NATO might create anti-Western sentiments.

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).

Russian Nerpa Submarine, WikiMedia Commons

Russia to Lease Two Nuclear Submarines to India

The leased submarines are expected to be armed with Club-S missiles.