MOSCOW SEEN ADMITTING PROLIFERATION PROBLEMS. An article in
"Kommersant-Daily" on 23 February said that President Putin
has acknowledged that some Russian agencies are not doing
what they need to do to prevent proliferation. The paper
suggested that the Security Council meeting on that subject
on 22 February represented "an act of atonement" with a
promise to do better. Meanwhile, Russian officials on 23
February complained that the United States is applying a
double standard against Russia by complaining about Russian
exports of nuclear fuel to India and by restricting the
export of super-fast, high-end computer technology, Russian
agencies reported. PG
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