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Nature 423, 678-680 (12 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423678a
Russia's bioweapons labs: Still out in the cold
Geoff Brumfiel1
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Abstract
Collaborations between Western researchers and former Soviet bioweapons scientists could benefit both parties. But mistrust and bureaucracy are getting in the way, says Geoff Brumfiel.
In autumn 2001, three American researchers sped down a deserted two-lane road that cuts through the forests south of Moscow. They were travelling to Obolensk, once a secret city and home to one of the former Soviet Union's largest bioweapons research complexes — the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology.
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