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Instructions issued following completion of work to destroy chemical weapons in Russia

October 13, 2017

The President approved a list of instructions following the completion of work to destroy chemical weapons in the Russian Federation.

Instructions to the Government of the Russian Federation concern changes in the organisational and legal form of the Federal Administration for Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons; property of the facilities for the destruction of chemical weapons following completion of the activities for which they were designed; involving property complexes of these facilities in economic use in the interests of industries associated with ensuring the defence capability and security of the state, and other industries; eliminating the aftereffects of these facilities’ activities.

In addition, instructions to the Government concern creating federal guidelines for Class I and II hazardous waste handling and including corresponding waste neutralisation facilities into facilities covered by concession agreements.

Separate instructions have been issued to the General Prosecutor's Office.

October 13, 2017