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To understand what Novichok is all about, a number of key questions must first be answered:
are the agents combined under the umbrella term Novichok truly unique chemical warfare agents in terms of their properties, and are they covered by the CWC;
have the USSR or Russia have ever had chemical weapons based on any of the Novichok agents in their arsenals;
can Novichok agents be synthesized by following the structures published by Mirzayanov;
is there a signature that could be used to trace such an agent back ...
... states parties so that our common goal of strengthening the BWC can continue apace.”
The US and Russian attitudes for strengthening the regime for the prohibition of chemical weapons
Although elimination of the remaining chemical weapons stockpiled in Russia and the United States — the two largest possessors of chemical arsenals — has yet to be completed, the emphasis of the CWC regime is gradually shifting from finalizing chemical weapons disarmament to preventing states rearming with this WMD and preventing non-state actors using chemical weapons. The CWC, as a Convention which eliminates an entire WMD class, is based on ...
