The following is an overview based on a report prepared by the Center for
Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies
in January 1997 under a grant from the United States Department of Energy's
Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control. The views expressed in this
report are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily represent the
views of the Department of Energy or the United States Government.
This section provides a short list of the most important
laws and executive branch decrees currently regulating
nuclear and dual-use nuclear export controls. Detailed
descriptions of these laws and decrees are contained in
the section on Legislative
Acts and Executive Decrees.
As a comprehensive export control law does not yet exist,
the two federal laws noted below provide the only
legislative basis for nonproliferation export controls in
the Russian Federation. Presidential decrees Nos. 312 and
388, as well as Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 1030,
are historically important: Decree No. 312 was the first
resolution which specified full-scope safeguards as a
condition of nuclear export; Decree No. 388 was the first
decree which specified nonproliferation of weapons of
mass destruction as one of the guiding principles of
export controls; and Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No.
1030 sets forth the current procedures for guaranteeing
that imported and exported dual-use goods are used only
for their declared purposes. The last four decrees
listed, Presidential decrees Nos. 202 and 228 and Cabinet
of Ministers resolutions No. 574 and 575, approve the
current control lists for critical nuclear and dual-use
nuclear items, as well as set forth the licensing
procedures for export of those items. The control lists
fully conform to the standards set by the Nuclear
Suppliers Group.
To return to the
current
Russian export controls section, see the 