MOSCOW. Oct 6 (Interfax) - Russia is to receive 2.3 billion rubles in aid from abroad under intergovernmental agreements for implementing its chemical weapons disposal program.
"Aid coming from states that have signed the Chemical Weapons Convention is one of the extra-budgetary sources of funding the Russian chemical weapons disposal program. In 2005, Russia is expected to receive an estimated 2.5 billion rubles in aid," Deputy head of the Federal Industry Agency Viktor Kholstov told the State Commission for Chemical Disarmament in Moscow on Wednesday.