Washington has blacklisted several structures of the Russian Defense Ministry. One of them is groundlessly accused of developing chemical weapons.
This was announced on Wednesday, August 26, the Federal Register of the United States.
The sanctions were introduced by the Ministry of Commerce. The black list included 33rd Central Research Testing Institute and 48th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense, State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology.
According to the documents, the sanctions against 33rd Central Scientific Research Institute were introduced under the pretext of ties to “the Russian chemical program and chemical weapons testing ground”. The 48th CSRI is said to be engaged in a “biological weapons program”.
Such unproven accusations are made by the United States against the background of the Pentagon’s deployment of bio-laboratories near Russia’s borders. Such facilities have long attracted increased attention due to their dubious activities. The Lugar laboratory in Georgia is one of the best known. There are also several such facilities in Ukraine.