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Russia and weapons of mass destruction

Russia is said to have had an arsenal of 40,000 tons of chemical weapons and 21,000 nuclear power weapons stockpiled in 1999. [1] [1]Russia had destroyed parts of its chemical agents by the Chemical Weapons Convention's 2002 deadline but requested assistance and a deadline extension.

This article is part of the Weapons of mass destruction series.

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External links:

• Abolishing Weapons of Mass Destruction: Addressing Cold War and Other Wartime Legacies in the Twenty-First Century By Mikhail S. Gorbachev
• Nuclear Threat Initiative on Russia
• UK statement on the chemical weapons convention

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