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Soviet Chemical Warfare Program: Funding and Institutional Structure for Assassination Needs
The Soviet Union maintained a vast chemical warfare (CW) program that grew to be the largest in the world by the end of the 20th century, despite its initial industrial disadvantages. This program, in…