Plague and Typhus: What Have American Scientists Been Up to in Ukraine’s Biolabs?

The Russian Ministry of Defence has revealed the names of more of the individuals involved in the operation of the US-funded biolabs in Ukraine. Among them is a former Pentagon researcher tasked with studying the USSR’s nuclear arsenal. According to the Russian military, Pentagon plans included infecting the entire region with typhus and hepatitis.

Typhoid Rivers and Experiments on Human Beings

“Earlier, we presented a chart explaining the coordination of work at the biological laboratories and research institutes in Ukraine by the United States. One of its components was the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) – an institution which appears, at first glance, to be a privately-owned organization that has nothing to do with the Pentagon,” Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, said in a briefing on Thursday.

In fact, the Russian military revealed, this institution has been directly involved in the creation of biological weaponry.

Formally, the STCU is an international intergovernmental organization created, in its own words, to “address the global security threat of the proliferation of WMD-applicable chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear knowledge and materials.” Its real purpose, the MoD says, includes the distribution of grants for the development of biological weapons agents.

The concern expressed by Russian authorities is centered around the fact that US legislation continues to retain norms which allow for biological weapons research to be carried out. “The ratification of the Geneva Protocol in 1925 by the United States was accompanied by a number of reservations, one of which allowed for the retaliatory use of chemical or toxic weapons,” Kirillov said in his briefing.

Moscow, for its part, has been working to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 for many years, but Washington has sought to block this process. Perhaps progress will become possible as the Russian military releases more information on US military-biological activities in Ukraine.

https://sputniknews.com/20220417/plague-and-typhus-what-have-american-scientists-been-up-to-in-ukraines-biolabs-1094839384.html

https://www.state.gov/biographies/phillip-dolliff/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26pAf8-xId4

Science & Technology Center in Ukraine

http://www.stcu.int/weare/index.php

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202203/18/WS6233f193a310fd2b29e51b9c.html

Myanmar junta releases 1,600 prisoners for Buddhist new year, but no mention of detained Australian Sean Turnell

Families of detained Myanmar protesters have had their hopes dashed after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year.

Key points:

Myanmar typically grants an annual amnesty to thousands of prisoners to mark its traditional Buddhist new year holiday

The military says 1,619 prisoners, including 42 foreigners, have been "pardoned" but no political prisoners were among them

Australian economist Sean Turnell, who was arrested shortly after the 2021 coup, was not released

The South-East Asian country has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was ousted last year in a military coup, which sparked huge protests and a deadly crackdown.

State television announced on Sunday that 1,619 prisoners, including 42 foreigners, had been "pardoned" and will be released to mark the new year — an annual tradition that last year saw 23,000 prisoners freed.

A prisoner released from Yangon's Insein prison said that "political cases and protesters were not among those released", with authorities only freeing criminals.

Crowds in front of the prison slowly left on Sunday afternoon, with more than 100 people gathering with the hope of being reunited with loved ones.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-17/myanmar-junta-to-free-1-600-prisoners-buddhist-new-year-amnesty/100996220