TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zilinskas,Raymond A.
AU  - Mauger,Philippe
TI  - Biosecurity in Putin's Russia
SN  - 9781626376984
U1  - 358.3830974 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Boulder, London
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers
KW  - Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, 1972
KW  - (1972 April 10)
KW  - Biological weapons
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Putin's direction in the biosciences -- The legacy of the Soviet Union's biological warfare program -- Russian biosecurity and military modernization -- Biodefense and high technology research and development -- Civilian bioscience and biotechnology since 2005 -- Russia addressing the biological and toxin weapons convention -- Policy suggestions and possible future collaborations
N2  - "In March 2012, at a meeting convened by the recently reelected Russian president Vladimir Putin, Minister of Defense Serdyukov informed Mr. Putin that a plan was being prepared for "the development of weapons based on new physical principles: radiation, geophysical wave, genetic, psychophysical, etc." Subsequently, in response to concerns expressed both in Russia and abroad, the Russian government deleted the statement from the public transcript of the meeting. But the question remains: Is Russia developing an offensive biological warfare program?

Raymond Zilinskas and Philippe Mauger investigate the multiple dimensions of this crucial security issue in their comprehensive, authoritative survey. Ranging from the Soviet legacy to current doctrine, from advanced weapons-development networks to civilian biotechnology research, from diplomatic initiatives to disinformation campaigns, they document and analyze the build-up and modernization of Russia’s biodefense establishment under the Putin administration." --
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