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

2. To cancel the preventive detention [house arrest] – a written pledge not to leave Moscow – executed by the Kalinin District People’s Court of Moscow on November 2, 1992.

3. To return the passport of Vil S. Mirzayanov to its owner.

Acting Attorney General

of the Russian Federation A. N. Ilyushenko

U.S. Senate (Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the 103d Congress, First Session. Vol.140, No. 28. Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 1994.) Senator Patrick Moynihan read as follows:

“Mr. Moynihan: Madam President, on March 11, good news was heard from Moscow. All charges were dropped against a courageous Russian scientist, Dr. Vil Mirzayanov who, 2 years ago in a Moscow News article, revealed to the world that the Soviet Union had secretly developed a powerful binary nerve gas. For this, Dr. Mirzayanov was jailed twice, and placed on trial.

David Wise, who brought this case to my attention, is a noted and respected author who has written extensively about the dangers of excessive secrecy and about the operations of intelligence agencies. Mr. Wise spoke at great length with Dr. Mirzayanov in Moscow last November. Upon his return he contacted me. I was proud to add my voice to that of the many scientific and human rights organizations that have worked to free Dr. Mirzayanov. In particular, I would like to commend the efforts of two individuals, Gale M. Colby and Irene Goldman.

As Mr. Wise points out, although Dr. Mirzayanov no longer faces criminal charges, important questions remain about Russia’s intentions in the field of nerve gas production. This case is particularly disturbing because agreement was reached on the chemical weapons convention in Geneva less than 2 weeks before Dr. Mirzayanov published his article.

In his article, David Wise wrote that it was a moral realization that gave Dr. Mirzayanov the courage to speak out. We can do no less. I trust that these questions will continue to be carefully pursued by our Government and the Senate as ratification of the chemical weapons convention is considered.

Madam President, at this time I ask that David Wise’s article from the March 12, 1994, New York Times be placed in the Record.

There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows.

A-262, 145 431, 447; agent, 128, 237; Association

Abdrazakov, Ildar, 30 for the Advancement of Science, 365,

Academy: of Chemical Defense, 372; bank, 278; binary weapon, 126;

41, 49, 66, 68, 90, 108, 120, 128, Chemical Society, 318, 366, 408;

131, 133, 137, 147, 162, 179, 215, chromatograph, 139; correspondent,

216, 243, 302, 425; of Sciences, 261, 429; defoliant, 163; democracy,

National (USA), 373, 408; New 305; dollar (-s), 13, 133; edition, 418;

York, 3, 366, 373, 408, 447; of glass sample, 161; intervention, 235;

U.S.S.R. (Russia), 11, 40, 60, 62, Information Press Center, 386, 390;

63, 67, 91, 107, 111-113, 120, intelligence community, 222; invention,

126, 146 139; journalist, 343, 389, 431, 426;

Activated carbon, 67, 188 law, 227, 308; legislators, 316;

Adsorbent, 67, 157, 187; inorganic, manufacturer, 189; military chemists, 200

123, 235; organization, 374; people, 2,

Afanasiev, Yuri, 240, 367 227; Physical Society, 374, 408;

Agence France Presse, 405, 408 position, 405; public, 372, 386, 407;

Aglyamova, Sag’dat, 29 radio, 24; satellite, 136; scientists,

Agureev, Vyacheslav, 253 122, 317; scientific equipment, 133,

Aida , by G. Verdi, 37 196; soldiers, 237; specialists, 222;

Ames, Aldrich, 2, 3 troops, 27, 236; version, 139;

Ak-ebi, 16, 17 VX gas, 303

All-Russia Channel Two , 372 Angarsk, 51

All-Tatar Public Center, 332, 339 Arabic alphabet, 8

Alekseev, Sergei, 250, 302, 367 Arbat Street, 356, 359

Aluminum oxide, 200, 201 Arbatov, Georgi, 312, 313, 367

Amendola, J., 319 Aral Sea, 438

America, United States of, 2, 15, Arkhipova, Irina, 37

98, 109, 133, 261, 262, 367; Argumenti i Facti , 272

Voice of, 24-28, 309 Arnold, Andrei, 287, 346

American (-s), 357, 359, 425, 429, Aum Shinrikyo, 2, 281

Asnis, Aleksander, 113, 255, 256, Belarus, 159, 330

284, 286, 291, 299, 300, 302, 307, Belaya River, 8, 11, 21, 31, 399

311, 315, 321, 323, 337, 363, 364, Belgorod, 52

368, 376-390, 403, 404, 406, 407, Belikov, Valeri, 180, 188

412, 420, 423, 428, 434-436, 442, Belomestnykh, Leonid, 270, 284

444-446 Belousov, Rem, 46, 47

Associated Press, 405, 442 Beregova, Tamara, 170

Attorney, defense, 270, 280, 286, Beresnev, Aleksei, 75, 76, 79, 90, 95,

293, 294, 300, 369, 379, 406, 412; 139,

General, 299, 318-320, 363, 366, 154, 170, 172-176, 182, 194

372-374, 376, 388, 389, 408, 434, Berezkin, Victor, 75

440, 443, 445; Deputy of, 300, 320; Beria, Lavrentii, 28, 36, 45, 160, 161

General’s Office, 298-300, 308, Bethel, N., Lord, 444

344, 345, 362-364, 379, 381, 426, Bettini, V., 319

440, 442, 444, 446 Binary, 164, 246, 262; agents, 262,

Azatlyk, Tatar broadcast, 369 265;

Ayala, Dr. Francisco J., 2, 4 bomb, 124, 340; chemical agent,

125; compound, 246; components,

Baghdad, 19 125, 325; device, 167; form, 325;

Baika, 9 nerve agents, 220; program,

Bainazarova, Irene (Ira), 33-35 270, 271; reactor, 123; rocket, 166,

Balashov, Sergei, 299, 309, 342 167; system, 340; tests, 262; variant,

Baltic republics, 240 262; version, 122; weapon (-s), 119,

436, 438, 439 123, 126-128, 139, 140, 142, 149-151,

Baltimore Sun , 150, 261, 265, 267, 167, 192, 211, 220, 221, 261, 271,

425, 430, 442 272, 277, 283, 303, 304, 310, 322,

Baranaev, Michael, 162 325, 327, 335, 336, 373, 428, 429

Barannikov, Victor, 266, 301, 360 Biological Weapons, 141, 207, 217,

Baranov, Lev, 446 342,

Baranov, Yuri, 106 “Blue-8”, 123

Baranovskoe, 247, 350, 359 Bogdanov, Nikolai, 159, 160, 242

Barrer, R.P., 68 Bogomazov, Yevgeni, 84, 147, 169,

Basalt, NPO ( Scientific Industrial 179, 180-183, 185-193

Association), 126, 166, 167 Bolshoi Theatre, 37, 38

Bashkir (-s), 6-8, 25, 32, 330, 418; Bonner, Elena, 409

music, 24 Borai, 18

Bashkirov, Andrey, 49, 51-53, 68 Boranes, 55, 60-63, 158; di-, 56, 58,

Bashkortstan, 6, 8, 9, 25, 26, 51, 60

102, 351, 367 Bradley, Bill, 365, 408

Batova, Elena, 209 Braun, Reiner, 360

Baturin, Yuri, 408, 418 Breher, Ch., 319

Bayanov, Madkhat and Favaris, 26 Brezhnev, Leonid, 190

BBC, 251, 309, 333 Brovkin, Lev, 94, 95, 104, 132, 155

Beketovka, 125, 201 Buasier, B., 319

Bugrov, Yuri, 104, 105 complex, 112, 149, 154; composition,

Bujnitski, Yuri, 61 122, 236, 350; compound (-s), 98, 125,

Buivolov, Vladimir, 294, 309, 344, 364 136, 178, 183, 196, 213, 219, 236,

Burganov, Agdas, 319 250; constants, 42; defense, 41, 42, 66,

Buzaev, Vladimir, 234 68, 90, 108, 111, 120, 126, 128, 131,

BZ, western hallucinogen, 128 133, 136, 137, 147, 162, 179, 215,

216, 243, 302, 338, 425; defoliation,

Cathedral of Ivan the Great, 354 163; destruction, 236; disarmament,

Caucasus, 8, 248, 394, 397; 140, 150, 325; engineers, 152;

Caucasian, 45 engineering, 52; formula (-s), 83, 84,

Cassidy, Joseph, 128-130 322; industry, 48, 49, 61, 88, 95, 98,

Cavallo, Michael, 434; Foundation, 102, 104, 107, 108,113-115, 126,

2, 356, 357, 359 153,156, 158, 190, 200, 203, 206,

Central Committee of CPSU, 41, 46, 207, 211, 212, 214, 216, 217, 232,

48, 49, 98, 101, 109, 113, 126, 143, 243, 253, 338; information, 423;

150, 151, 167, 180, 188, 207, 209, Institute, 62, 67, 132; laboratory, 79;