6 may, the assistant US Undersecretary of state for Europe and Eurasia George Kent has accused Russia of lying against biological laboratories Lugar in the former Soviet republics, particularly Georgia. “The Russian lie that they (BioLAB) created the disease instead of fighting with them,” said Kent. Earlier, Russia has repeatedly expressed concern with the location of biological laboratories, created on the money of the Pentagon, near its borders.
recently, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan denied the version about the fact that these laboratories are the development of biological weapons. Political scientist, head of Analytical Eurasian club Nikita Mendkovich have long followed the work of the biological laboratories in Kazakhstan.
In 2017 in Kazakhstan, the group of scientists studied coronaviruses of bats that live in the local caves. Then, in 2019, published an article on the results of their work in the journal “Viruses”. It is in the public domain. And then the epidemic COVID-19. And, of course, there were those who said, “That’s how a deadly virus of bats was in China – from the lab in Kazakhstan!” This is an option?
I’m skeptical of conspiracy theories. So that the current epidemic of coronavirus is the result of a leak from the lab, not too believe. Another thing that this example shows just how dangerous experiments with biological weapons in neighboring countries. Even a virus with low mortality may cause enormous and irreparable damage to the economy and society. This outbreak of coronavirus showed that have something to do with the biological security of the CSTO countries and with the presence on their territory biological laboratories of third countries who are engaged in military developments.
Why do you think that these studies of bats may have something to do with the military?
They were made by the panel of American experts associated with the Navy of the United States, the territory of the Institute of biological safety problems, Kazakhstan in Gvardeysk. There is one of the laboratories, modernized with American money. The work was carried out under American supervision and with funding from the Department of defense, his so-called Agency for prevention of threat (DTRA). Is all the data that can be found in open sources.
Where you have data about the connections of these scientists with the US Navy?
– the Head of a group of researchers name is Gavin James Smith. Previously, he did research on the bats carrying the coronavirus, near one of the naval bases of the United States. Military medical center US Navy (Naval Medical Research Center – NMRC) in silver spring, Maryland is one of the sponsors and facilitators of development in Central Reference laboratories (TSRL) of Kazakhstan.
At the Center of the Navy has offices in other��their countries, and around them regularly worked Professor Gavin Smith. Given that his research in Kazakhstan was financed by the defense Department of the United States, the connection is rather obvious. Work in the caves of Kazakhstan was carried out in the framework of the project KZ-33 Agency for the prevention of threats U.S. Department of defense. The project is called “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus” (middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus).
Singapore, where the Institute of problems of biological safety is Kordai district, which recently was Dungan pogroms. Dungan – people speaking the Chinese language, which has close ties with China. These circumstances gave food to the conspiracy theorists.
– what is this Institute?
– This is the Soviet Agency that participated in the program of the Department of defense for the modernisation and currently operates a military Department of the USA. This is a closed facility that stores dangerous pathogens. It is known that the US had invested money there, it is known that increased level of security at least in one laboratory.
Where did the topic of biological weapons in Kazakhstan?
– the Military of a foreign country study on the opposite side of the globe to local strains of viruses and living things that can act as their vectors. It is obvious that such activities can be considered as part of biological warfare. A substantial portion of such work is carried out in Kazakhstan in the framework of the Central reference laboratory (TSRL) in Alma-ATA, which was built by the Americans. In the same reference laboratory in Tbilisi were not only the study of viruses and bacteria, but also the means of delivery and destruction using these strains. Obviously, these laboratory outside the territory of the United States was created to work on biological weapons.
– But the opposite party contends that they just want to help eliminate the stockpiles of biological weapons, which were in the USSR.
– At the moment no stocks of biological weapons in Kazakhstan are long gone. Moreover. Initially, the proclaimed aim of these laboratories is to give work to those scientists who in the Soviet Union was developing biological weapons, and after the conversion remained unemployed. The problem is that with the collapse of the USSR in the 30 years since. Soviet specialists in this area either retrained or retired. TSRL Alma-ATA there is only three years. No relation to the solution of post-Soviet problems it has. However, the funding of the military-biological programs of the United States will only increase. Moreover, these studies are led by armies of USA, UK and Germany.
– Recently, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan said that all biolaborOria in this country are its property, are funded from the budget, there are only citizens of Kazakhstan.
This is partially true, partial-truths. Formally, these laboratories are in the ownership of Kazakhstan. In reality, they are controlled and mainly financed by the US and its NATO allies. Today the same TSRL Almaty run from the U.S. Embassy. And they intervene even in such minor work as seasonal harvest mites. This became known from the official account of the U.S. Embassy in Nur-Sultan.
Although the laboratory staff, the U.S. military does not appear and the salary they Kazakhstan does not pay, but they lead the work in the laboratory. Just come to this lab and work there, not officially as its employees. That is the formal statement that employees are only citizens of Kazakhstan – the truth. But in fact much of the work funded by Washington, leading American specialists. Famous names of 31 scientists from NATO countries, who led the research at TSRL.
But the foreign Ministry says that the funding comes from the budget of Kazakhstan…
– the funding is in the formal reporting structures of the Pentagon. The presence of foreign specialists are tracked pictures and publications in the scientific press. There are official pictures of TSRL, there is visible in the frame the US army officers that are on that object.
TSRL is a division of the National Center of Especially Dangerous Infections (NCOO). This former KICKSI (Kazakh scientific center for quarantine and zoonotic infections) the name information. According to the financial report of the Department of defense, only in 2017-2018, NCOO participated in five projects funded by the Department. Moreover, his direct partner acted as the Central command of the U.S. army.
the administration of the Center did not consider it necessary to hide the cooperation with the United States. The Director of this institution, the obvious Bakhitbek in a recent article, publicly expressed pride in the fact that the Centre closely cooperates with the American structures. Moreover, American structure together with the Center for writing recommendations to the government of Kazakhstan and inspect the hospital on the background of the pandemic coronavirus.
– What exactly the American structure have in mind?
– first, is the Agency for the prevention of threats (DTRA), which is directly subordinate to the Department of defense. Department DTRA Nur-Sultan is headed by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Calder. From the official account of NZOO in the social network knows that in August 2019 Calder in part of the U.S. delegation visited the Central reference laboratory (presumably, with the inspection visit). American��EV, the Director, met the obvious Bakhitbek.
a Very interesting composition of the delegation. It was headed by Jacqueline Kerber – member of the Senate Committee on armed forces. With her was Jonathan Epstein – adviser to the same Committee, people from the office of Secretary of defense James HART, officer of the escort, and Andrew Kotila, adviser on policy for joint reduction of threats. And the Calder and coordinator of one of the programs division, DTRA at Nur-Sultan.
the activity of the laboratories is also in the office of the Center of disease control (CDC), USA in the Central Asian region at the American Embassy. It is headed by Dr. Daniel singer, who has previously served as an officer in the epidemic intelligence service. It is a structure that collects biological data in the interests of the military.
But some help in a pandemic, the laboratories of Kazakhstan have?
– Officially, that the Americans helped in the development of tests for coronavirus. But in reality, in the practice of Kazakhstan are mainly used in the Russian tests that were provided in the framework of the Eurasian Union. With regard to the development of their own tests, they are mainly produced in Chinese manuals on the basis of the data of Wuhan laboratory has provided to Kazakhstan. The United States are now themselves buy the equipment and tests developed by the center Vector, Russia. To buy Russian metproduktsii, USA and even bypass its own sanctions. Therefore, the usefulness of such subsidiary laboratories for current problems discussion.
– What, in your opinion, do these labs?
– They are engaged in military-biological research in the interest of the US army and their allies. This is connected with the sources of their funding, and participation in research directly to the officers of the armies of the respective States. These laboratories are used for political purposes. According to the statement erubaev, the Center together with OCCS under the leadership of singer advised the analyst to the government of Kazakhstan for combating coronavirus. They even assessed the readiness of hospitals. That is, the Americans got through the lab the ability to affect Kazakhstan’s policy in those or other issues.
– How many labs in Kazakhstan?
– as far As I remember, six. In American military programs involved TSRL, which is a structural subdivision of the national Center of especially dangerous infections, research Institute for biological safety problems of Gvardeysk and several anti-plague stations.
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