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U.S. Response: Russia Complains of Continuing Aid Restrictions Russia’s Foreign Ministry expressed frustration Friday with restrictions placed on U.S. nonproliferation aid to Moscow (see GSN, Jan 14). Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko began by praising $450 million in U.S. aid recently approved by each house of Congress, in particular the congressional authorization to fund a chemical weapons destruction plant in Shchuchye. Yakovenko disagreed with some regulations, however, including a U.S. requirement that $100 million in funds for Shchuchye be matched with a $50 million donation from Russia or a third party. “We could not but take note of the fact that the American side continues the policy of setting forth additional unjustified conditions pertaining to the expansion of its assistance to the Russian projects. Particularly disquieting is the fact that the list of these conditions is not decreasing, but on the contrary increasing,” he said. Yakovenko said the restrictions were in place despite a “considerable buildup” in Russian funding. “The American decisions are creating some additional difficulties for us,” he added (Russian Foreign Ministry release, June 6).
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