RIA Novosti, Russia
June 30, 2006

Russia says completes 60 criminal cases on WMD technologies

MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s main security service has
completed about 60 cases against Russians, foreigners and firms that
were interested in technologies for the production of weapons of mass
destruction, a senior official said Friday.

"We have completed about 60 cases against 30 Russians, foreign
citizens and firms that were interested in such information or tried
to obtain access to it," said Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the
Federal Security Service’s economic security strategic department.

In particular, Bortnikov said that during a joint Russian-U.S.
security operation, operatives arrested an Iranian-born U.S. citizen
attempting to receive sensitive information about the development of
nuclear weapons.

Also, a joint effort involving security services of Russia, Georgia,
Armenia and the U.S. led to the arrest of a Russian citizen who was
trying to smuggle 160 grams of enriched uranium out of Russia, the
official said.