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2022-03-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Nuland acknowledges the presence of bioresearch in Ukraine
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA Novosti] US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said that there are biological research facilities in Ukraine, Kyiv and Washington are now working to prevent materials accumulated there from falling into the hands of Russian forces.
Good idea. Were they possibly Soviet, that is to say Russian, originally?
During a Senate hearing, Nuland was asked if there were chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.

“Ukraine has biological research facilities. We are concerned that Russian troops may try to take control of them, so we are working with the Ukrainians on how to prevent any of these research materials from falling into the hands of Russian forces,” Nuland replied.

The Russian Ministry of Defense previously held a presentation from which it follows that the United States spent more than $ 200 million on the operation of biological laboratories in Ukraine, which participated in the American military biological program. The Russian Federation, in connection with the facts of US military biological activities in Ukraine, does not exclude the launch of a consultation mechanism under the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons (BTWC), Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Posted by badanov 2022-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Good idea. Were they possibly Soviet, that is to say Russian, originally?

Yep, 2005: ThreatReduction Program Extends Reach to Ukrainian Biological Facilities
U.S. cooperation with Ukraine under the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program was expanded Aug. 29 with an agreement to use U.S. CTR funds to improve security for pathogens stored at biological research and health facilities in the former Soviet republic.

Under the agreement, CTR funds will for the first time flow directly to projects aimed at securing pathogen strains and sensitive biological knowledge within Ukraine. The United States also will work to improve Ukrainian capabilities to detect, diagnose, and treat outbreaks of infectious diseases, as well as determine whether outbreaks are natural or the result of bioterrorism.

The agreement was signed during the visit to Kiev of a high-level U.S. delegation led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

Among the facilities in Ukraine intended to receive security upgrades are those once linked to the Soviet-era anti-plague network, which continue to store libraries of naturally occuring pathogens for the purposes of research and public health. Andy Fisher, spokesperson for Lugar, told Arms Control Today on Sept. 15 the anti-plague facilities “were threats and they are threats,” given the risk that poor security could allow terrorists access to pathogens. Fisher also cited the possibility that outdated operating procedures and equipment could result in the unintentional leakage of pathogens from these facilities, endangering the public health of the region.
Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-03-09 01:40||   2022-03-09 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Ahah! Thank you for finding that for me, my dear.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-09 02:15||   2022-03-09 02:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, so now the little cvnt who more than anyone is to blame for this disaster is telling us the bioweapons labs that didn't exist actually do exist.

"Fuck the EU"? Nope: Fuck U, Vicky.
Nuland-Pyatt leaked phone conversation _COMPLETE with SUBTITLES

Why is this putrid bitch anywhere near US foreign policy?

#FuckNeocons

Posted by No Fortunate Son 2022-03-09 04:16||   2022-03-09 04:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's the transcript of that recorded conversation in 2014 Vicky Nuland and Geoff Pyatt (will Pyatt take the Fifth?) conspiring to place puppets atop their little Ruritanian adventure.

#FuckNuland
#FuckNeocons
Posted by No Fortunate Son 2022-03-09 04:24||   2022-03-09 04:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Read the BBC's posted transcript before it gets memory-holed.

Here's one of many disgusting exchanges between US ambassador-Conspirator Pyatt and partner in crime Nuland. Shit-for-brains Biden has a long history here.

Pyatt: ...we could land jelly side up on this one if we move fast. So let me work on Klitschko and if you can just keep... we want to try to get somebody with an international personality to come out here and help to midwife this thing. The other issue is some kind of outreach to Yanukovych but we probably regroup on that tomorrow as we see how things start to fall into place.

Nuland: So on that piece Geoff, when I wrote the note [US vice-president's national security adviser Jake] Sullivan's come back to me VFR [direct to me], saying you need [US Vice-President Joe] Biden and I said probably tomorrow for an atta-boy and to get the deets [details] to stick. So Biden's willing.

Pyatt: OK. Great. Thanks.
Posted by No Fortunate Son 2022-03-09 04:34||   2022-03-09 04:34|| Front Page Top

#6 "jelly side up"??

Poking the Jelleystone Bear with pickanic-type baskets ...of neocon stupidity?
Posted by Yogi Not Beara  2022-03-09 04:38||   2022-03-09 04:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Nuland: so Biden's willing

The Big Guy's willing, yes. And neocon shits are able.

#FuckNeocons
#FuckNulandsBigAdventure

Posted by No Fortunate Son 2022-03-09 04:50||   2022-03-09 04:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Ref #1: If I were to suggest he was part of something much, much larger than Wuhan, would I be a conspiracy theorist ?

Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-09 06:07||   2022-03-09 06:07|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ ah seen that face .. on muh milk carton this mornin
Posted by Muck Fer Doo Fer U 2022-03-09 06:18||   2022-03-09 06:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Ukraine has biological research facilities.

Bitch, everyone's got biological research facilities!
Posted by Dron66046 2022-03-09 06:33||   2022-03-09 06:33|| Front Page Top

#11 Kerry, Gensler, Yellen, Nuland. They just keep re-appearing like cockroaches after the Ice Age. They won't [metaphorically] die off.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-03-09 06:34||   2022-03-09 06:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey, what about those facilities in Kazakhstan, did we forget about those already?
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-03-09 06:36||   2022-03-09 06:36|| Front Page Top

#13 Ukraine was a latecomer to CTR.
Posted by Alistaire Clunk8424 2022-03-09 07:49||   2022-03-09 07:49|| Front Page Top

#14 #6 "jelly side up"

What does Ambassador Geoff Pyatt mean here? Anyone know? Is that some kind of code word?
Posted by Hunter Bidens Laptop 2022-03-09 10:38||   2022-03-09 10:38|| Front Page Top

#15 1. Spread jelly on slice of bread (one side only, please).
2. Toss slice aloft, gently imparting a bit of spin.
3. Ponder implication of heads vs. tails.
Posted by Maggie Hupoluse2913 2022-03-09 10:51||   2022-03-09 10:51|| Front Page Top

#16 4. Consider repeating experiment with edible jelly, as in fruit.
Posted by Maggie Hupoluse2913 2022-03-09 10:53||   2022-03-09 10:53|| Front Page Top

#17 😂😂😂

Now define "cock-up"
Posted by Hunter Bidens Laptop 2022-03-09 10:54||   2022-03-09 10:54|| Front Page Top

#18 Not that other jellies aren't edible. To each their own. Nutella! Marmite! Marshmallow Fluff! Brazil nut butter! Go nuts!
Posted by Maggie Hupoluse2913 2022-03-09 10:57||   2022-03-09 10:57|| Front Page Top

#19 Conspiracy Theorists, like Babylon Bee, are tomorrow's news today, and have a remarkable batting average right now.

And if a person really wanted to stay up all night, consider what part of an overall plan required the research gained by torturing puppies to death.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-03-09 15:55||   2022-03-09 15:55|| Front Page Top










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