Mission complete: Russian senator on parliamentary commission's probe into biolaboratories

Russian Federation Council Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev
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Russia’s parliamentary commission investigating the work of American biological laboratories in Ukraine considers its mission completed as it managed to piece together the puzzle of the US’ biological activities across the world, co-head of the commission, Deputy Speaker of Russia's Federation Council (upper house) Konstantin Kosachev said on Wednesday.

"What we saw was obviously not originally meant to be discovered, much less be investigated. But we, our parliamentary commission, considers its mission completed. We managed to piece together a fragmented picture of the current developments. We have no doubt left that the US’ medical-biological program is of dual purpose, and this second purpose of the US’ program is its military dimension," he said.

At the very least, the issue is about Washington’s having the technology to produce biological weapons, and at most to produce these biological weapons for use in any corner of the planet if necessary, Kosachev added. "And as the Americans have declared Russia as the main geopolitical opponent and even enemy, the Russian territory obviously stands at the top of this list," he noted.

Biolabs Commission Concluded That US Ready to Produce Weapons Outside It, Moscow Says

The Commission on the biological program in Ukraine has come to the conclusion that the United States is ready to produce and use biological weapons outside its territory, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council (upper chamber of the Russian parliament) Konstantin Kosachev said on Wednesday.

"Based on all that has been said, our commission comes to the conclusion... the United States supports and develops the ability to create components of biological weapons, and, if necessary, to produce and use them outside the national territory," Kosachev said during a meeting of the commission.

"AS melanggar hampir semua ketentuan Konvensi Senjata Biologis (BWC)", kata Kosachev.

"The Commission comes to the conclusion that by their actions in the field of global biological security, the United States violates almost all the fundamental provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction," Kosachev said.