

Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko attends opening ceremony launching the first unit of a chemical weapons destruction plant to eliminate deadly phosphorus-based nerve agents at the Siberian town of Shchuchye. The plant is Russia's fifth chemical weapons destruction facility.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Economy, Business & Finance, Politics, Science & Technology
- Location: Kurgan region, Russia
- Event date: 29.05.2009
- Date published: 29.05.2009
- Author: Pavel Lisitsyn
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2117x3175px, 1.8Mb