Вил Мирзаянов - State Secrets - An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program

- two manuscripts titled “The Chemical Sharashka in Moscow is Waiting for American Assistance” seized during the search V.S. Mirzayanov’s and L.A. Fedorov’s apartments, and also the N 38 issue of the newspaper Moscow News on September 20 1992. They were seized from Fedorov, and in them there is information about the creation of a new chemical agent in GOSNIIOKhT and the development of a binary weapon on its basis.

v.1, p.p. 134-153, v.2, p.p. 198-219

v.1, p.p. 29-34, 48-53, v.2, p.p. 1-9, 92-97

- the typed text of an interview given by V.S. Mirzayanov and L.A. Fedorov, given to the investigation by A.B. Pumpyansky the Editor in Chief of the magazine Novoe Vremya , during the seizure in the Editorial Board of the magazine, from which it follows that Mirzayanov, while answering the reporter’s questions, told him about the creation of a new chemical agent in GOSNIIOKhT and the development of a binary weapon on its basis.

v.1, p.p. 116-131, v.2, 287-302

- a carbon copy of the article “Ex Soviet Scientist Says Gorbachev’s Regime Created a New Nerve Gas in 91” published in the newspaper the Baltimore Sun , seized during the search V.S. Mirzayanov’s and L.A. Fedorov’s apartments which contains information about the highest level secret highly lethal chemical nerve agent created in the USSR in a binary form.

v.1, p.p. 29-34, 57-62, v.2, p.p. 1-9, 101-104

– the Technical Order for the compound part of the system of components N 2187 ss/khf, delivered from GOSNIIOKhT as evidence of conducting field tests of the new chemical agent. As established by the Investigation, Mirzayanov was familiarized with this document on April 20 1990.

v.3, p.p. 272-277, v.2, p.p. 262-264

- the compact cassette with a recording of part of Mirzayanov’s interview published in the N 44 issue of the magazine Novoe Vremya on October 1992 as the article “The Binary Bomb has Exploded” presented by the witness O.V. Vishnyakov on October 22, 1992, in which he reported to the reporter of that magazine information about a new chemical agent created in GOSNIIOKhT.

v.1, p.p. 254-257, v.6, p.p. 55-57,

v.2, p.p. 250-261, v.5

Transcripts of the survey of material evidence:

- of the N 44 issue of the magazine Novoe Vremya on October 1992 from which it follows that in this magazine the interview of Mirzayanov titled “The Binary Bomb has Exploded” is published. In this interview Mirzayanov answered a question of the reporter, giving information about the new chemical agent and the development of the binary weapon on its basis created in GOSNIIOKhT.

v.2, p.p. 287-302

- the personnel file of V.S. Mirzayanov from which it follows that Mirzayanov was an employee of GOSNIIOKhT from 1965 up until January of 1992, and from September 1986 up until August 1990 he performed the duties of the Chief of the Foreign Technical Counterintelligence Department (Department 11) of the Branch.

v.3, p.p. 1-140

- A report (N 1494 ss) from October 1 1992 and reference (N 1572 ss) from GOSNIIOKhT about the functional duties of the Chief of the Foreign Technical Counterintelligence Department on September 29, 1992 which shows that Vil Sultanovich Mirzayanov was well-informed about the system of organization, the trend and the results of scientific research and experiment design work (NIOKR) in the area of chemical weapons.

v.1, p.p. 20-21, 25-26

- The signed obligation of V.S. Mirzayanov dated August 23, 1976 not to disclose information constituting state secrets and secret information entrusted to him or which became known to him in connection with his work.

v.1, p. 27

- Reports of GOSNIIOKhT (N 1846ss from 11.14.92 and N 357ss from 04.27.93) showing that this institute had conducted scientific research works on the creation of new chemical weapons and the development of binary systems on their basis in accordance with resolutions of the USSR Counsel of Ministers.

v.3, p.p. 268-269, 279-280

- A report of the General Staff of Russian Federation Defense Ministry (N 312/10/053 from 04.29.93) that the scientific research work in the area of the development chemical weapons is not prohibited by any acting international agreements, which refutes the reasons claimed by Mirzayanov for his publications of the abovementioned information in mass media.

v. 3, p.p. 262-264

- N 120 from April 12, 1993, that the signature and the date on page 6 of the Technical Order for the Compound Part of the Experimental Design Work on the basis of the system of the components N 2187ss/khf were executed by V.S. Mirzayanov.

v.3, p.p. 149-151

- N 31 from February 9, 1993, that the two manuscripts seized in the apartments of L.A. Fedorov and V.S. Mirzayanov titled “The Chemical Sharashka in Moscow is Waiting for American Assistance” were executed by V.S. Mirzayanov.

- N 6/00999 from March16, 1993, that in the manuscripts titled as “The Chemical Sharashka in Moscow is waiting for American Assistance” seized in the apartments of V.S. Mirzayanov and L.A. Fedorov, in the typed text of the article “Poisoned Policies” seized during the seizure in the Editorial Office of the newspaper Moscow News , in the article “Poisoned Policies” published in the newspaper Moscow News N38 on September 20, in the interview of V.S. Mirzayanov and L.A. Fedorov seized in the Editorial Office of the magazine Novoe Vremya , in the article “Binary Bomb has exploded” published in the N44 issue of the magazine Novoe Vremya on October 1992, in the article “Ex Soviet Scientist Says that Gorbachev’s Regime Created a New Nerve Gas in 91” published in newspaper the Baltimore Sun on September 16, 1992, disclosed top secret information constituting state secrets about the latest achievements in the area of science and technology (the results of scientific research work in interests of country’s defense), which permits the enhancement of the capabilities of existing arms (munitions), the direction and the results of perspective works, conducted in the interests of the country’s defense – applied scientific research work on the creation of a binary weapon.

v.3, p.p. 206-237

Mirzayanov’s illegal actions are qualified according to Part 1 of Clause 75 UK of the RSFSR.

No aggravating or mitigating circumstances are found in the amenability of Mirzayanov.

On the basis of all that is here expressed, the following is indicted:

Vil Sultanovich Mirzayanov, DOB 1935, native of village Stary Kangish of Djurtjuli District Bashkir ASSR, Bashkir, citizen of the Russian Federation, higher education, married, with two dependent children with DOBs 1980 and 1988, pensioner, permanent resident at: Moscow, Stalevarov Street, House 4, Bldg. 4, Apt. 586,

that he: when he was working at GOSNIIOKhT from 1965 until 1992 including from 1986 until 1990 in the capacity of Chief of the branch’s Foreign Technical Counterintelligence Department, he had clearance for top secret information constituting a state secret about research works conducted in the institute in the area of development of chemical weapons.

After being fired from the institute in August-October 1992 in Moscow for disclosure in the mass media information reported to a number of people and published in the press information known to him through his work in GOSNIIOKhT about the creation in this institute of a new chemical agent and the development of a binary weapon on its basis, disclosed by this top secret information constituting a state secret about latest achievement in the area of science and technology (the results of scientific work in the interest of the country’s defense), which permitted the enhancement of the capabilities of existing arms (munitions), and also about the trend and the results of applied scientific research work on the creation of a binary weapon in interest of country’s defense: