ROSATOM
State-run atomic energy corporation bringing together all the firms in the nuclear sector.
Department of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, devoted to the destruction of chemical weapons (MINPROMTORG)
This department, through its management of the safe disposal and destruction of chemical weapons, is responsible for the Russian chemical weapons destruction program in conformity with the CWC.
Kurchatov Institute
The Kurchatov Institute research center, set up in 1943, is the principal Russian nuclear research body.
State Research Center for Applied Microbiology (Obolensk)
One of the largest Russian laboratories involved in sensitive biological research.
Vector - State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (Novosibirsk)
One of the largest Russian laboratories involved in sensitive biological research.
ISTC
The International Science and Technology Center was set up in 1992 by the United States, the European Union and Japan to redirect the employment of scientists from the former Soviet Union, involved in defense research during the Cold War, to employment in peaceful activities; Canada joined in 2002.
