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![Valery Kapashin](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F39%2F84%2F398411_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_UGF2ZWwgTGlzaXRzeW4gIzM5ODQxMQ%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-398411-preview_c18f1ac838535fd8ce2c2c774d420bc6.jpg)
Valery Kapashin, head of the Federal Department for the Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons, attends a press briefing on the launch of a chemical weapons destruction plant's first unit at the Siberian town of Shchuchye, the plant being Russia's fifth chemical weapons destruction facility.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Economy, Business & Finance, Science & Technology
- Location: Kurgan region, Russia
- Event date: 29.05.2009
- Date published: 30.05.2009
- Author: Pavel Lisitsyn
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3504x2336px, 2.2Mb