1992.10 a spokesman for Gorbachev,drew a distinction between normal production of chemical weapons&scientific researchon& development of newweapons.Normal production did indeed stop in1987,he said.But at no time,he added,did theSovietUnion ever agree to halt research&development,&no treaty forbids i
1992.9.16 Wil Englund/ they said they were prompted to go public by fears of an environmental disaster and by a desire to expose the "trickery" of Russian military officials in charge of instruments of chemical warfare./ (Mirzayanov's) last job there was as chief of the department of(