The seminar discussed Russian and European perspectives on the new challenges for non-proliferation policies ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. In the background were worsening Russia-NATO relations, US failure to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and US-Russian tensions over US plans for a national missile-defence system. Leading experts on non-proliferation and arms-control issues from Russia, the UK Ministry of Defence and the IISS exchanged views on implementing export-control policies. Russian participants presented their views on the current state of the non-proliferation regime, US national missile defence, improvement of Russian export-control policies, Russia's difficulties with implementing the Chemical and Biological Weapons Convention and US-Russia cooperation within the enhanced Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. International participants offered views on establishing a more substantial and closely coordinated European initiative to help Russia to dismantle and eliminate its nuclear, biological and chemical weapon stockpiles. The seminar was conducted together with the Centre for Policy Studies in Russia (PIR Centre). Agenda Conference report Friday October 29 1999, British Embassy, Moscow | 19:00 - 21:00. | Reception. British Embassy, Moscow. | Keynote speaker |
Saturday, October 30, Hotel Proton, Moscow | 09:30-10:00. | Registration | | 10:00 - 10:15. | Opening remarks. | Dr Vladimir A. Orlov, Director PIR Center
Dr John Chipman, Director (IISS)
Oksana Antonenko Research Fellow (IISS) | | Session 1 | Chairman | Dr Vladimir Orlov | | 10:15-10:50 | Keynote speech | Shaping Nonproliferation Agenda for the Coming Decade. | Keynote speaker | Grigory Berdennikov, Russian Foreign Ministry | | Commentator | Foreign and Commonwealth Office Representative |
| | 10:50-11:40 | Questions and discussion | | 12:00-13:30 | Panel 1 | International nonproliferation regime, nuclear-weapon states, and NPT 2000 Review Conference | 12:00-12:15. | Presentation 1. | Amb. Nikolai Uspenski, Russian Security Council | | 12:15-12:30. | Presentation 2. | Paul Schulte, Director Proliferation and Arms Control Secretariat, Ministry of Defence | | 12:30-12:40. | Commentator: | Amb. Roland Timerbaev, PIR Center, formerly Russian Foreign Ministry | | 12:40-13:30. | | Questions and discussion. |
| | Session 2. | Chairman | Terence Taylor, IISS | | 15:00-16:50. | Panel 2. | Export Controls: Policy and Practices | 15:00-15:15. | Presentation 1. | Marina Belyaeva, Minatom | | 15:15-15:30. | UK Presentations. | Phil Bolland, Head of Defence Export Services Secretariat, Ministry of Defence John Badley, Senior Policy Advisor HM Customs and Excise and Neil Harper, Head of Applicant Services and Compliance Unit, Department of Trade and Industry | | 15:30-15:40. | Commentator | Dr Vladimir Orlov, PIR |
| | 15:40-16:30. | | Questions and discussion. | | 16:50-18:45. | Panel 3. | Reducing Weapons of Mass Destruction: Arms Control Dichotomy | 16:50-17:05. | Presentation 1. | [START] Gen. Dvorkin, Defense Ministry | | 17:05-17:20. | Presentation 2. | [ABM] Victor Koltunov, Defense Ministry | | 17:20-17:35. | Presentation 3. | [Chemical Weapons] Dr Natalya Kalinina, Russian Government | | 17:35-17:50. | Presentation 4. | [Biological Weapons]. Yuri Marakhovsky, Foreign Intelligence service of Russia | | 17:50-18:00. | Commentator | Graham Williams, Export Control Officer, Ministry of Defence and Paul Schulte, Director PACS | | 18:00-18:50. | | Questions and discussion. |
| | 19:00-21:00. | Keynote speaker | Dr Yuri Baturin, former Secretary of Defense Council & Assistant to President on National Security |
Sunday, October 31, Hotel Proton, Moscow | Session 3. | Chairman | Amb. Roland Timerbaev, PIR Center | | 10:00-11:30. | Panel 4. | Russia and the West: partners or rivals in engaging nonproliferation worldwide (Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia) | 10:00-10:15. | Presentation 1. | Andrey Baklanov, Russian Foreign Ministry | | 10:15-10:30. | Presentation 2. | Gilles Andreani, Senior Fellow, IISS | | 10:30-10:40. | Commentator | Dr Dmitry Evstafiev, PIR Center | | 10:40-11:30. | | Questions and discussion. |
| | 11:50-13:20. | Panel 5. | Russia and Europe: Extended Cooperation in Reducing Nuclear Threats | 11:50-12:05. | Presentation 1. | Valery Semin, Russian Foreign Ministry or Vladimir Verkhovtsev, Defense Ministry | | 12:05-12:20. | Presentation 2. | UK Speaker | | 12:20 - 12:30. | Commentator | Gen Col (ret.) Yevgeni Maslin, PIR Center, former head 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry | | 12:30-13:20. | | Questions and discussion. |
| | 13:20-13:40. | Concluding remarks: | Agenda-2000 for nuclear nonproliferation. Dr Vladimir A. Orlov, PIR Center
Terence Taylor, Assistant Director IISS |
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Participants Antonov Yevgeni, correspondent Vremya-MN Arbatov Alexei, Committee on Defense State Duma Averchev Vladimir, Committee on International Affairs, State Duma Baklanov Andrei, head of department Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Baturin Yuri, former Assistant to president on National Security (invited) Belyaeva Marina, Minatom Berdennikov Grigory, head of directorate Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Chernov Oleg, deputy Secretary of National Security Council of the Russian Federation Danilov Vladimir, deputy head international law department Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Dvorkin Vladimir, Gen director of the institute Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Evstafiev Dmitry, Dr Program Director, PIR Center Gankin Leonid, analyst, Kommersant Daily Goncharenko Yuri, Regulatory Department on Nuclear Security, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Kalinina Natalya , Russian Government Koltunov Yuri, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Kwok Boris, deputy head of directorate, Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Lata Vassili, Leiut Gen Strategic Missile Forces Litovkin Dmitry, correspondent, Krasnaya Zvezda Manilov Valeri, Gen 1st deputy head, General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Marakhovski Yuri, Russian foreign Intelligence Service Maslin Yevgeni, Gen Col (ret) Senior Advisor, PIR Center Mikhailov Victor, first deputy minister, Minatom Mizin Victor, Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Mostovets Alexander, Russian Foreign Ministry Negreev Anatoli, Rear Admiral, Promexport Orlov Vladimir Dr, Director PIR Center Perminov Anatoly, Gen Col Dep Chief Commander, DStrategic Missile Forces Petrov Stanislav, Gen Col chief of Chemical and Biological Defense Troops, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Popkovich Roman, Gen (ret) Committee on Defense, State Duma Prikhodko Sergei, head of department President's Office Ryabov Alexander, head Committee on Defense and Security, Council of the Federation Rybachenkov Vladimir, counselor Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Safranchuk Ivan, Project Director, PIR Center Solomonov Yuri, Gen Director and Chief Designer, MIT Stolbetski Leonid, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Timerbaev Roland, Amb Senior Advisor, PIR Center Tolstykh Konstantin, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Uspenski Nikolai, ad of department on international affairs, National Security Council of the Russian Federation Vengerovski Alexander, head of subcommittee, committee on international affairs, State Duma Verkhovtsev Vladimir, Gen Deputy Chief main Directorate, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Vernikova Maria, Assistant to Director PIR Center - manager of the workshop Voloshin Nikolai, head of directorate, Minatom Yevstigneev Valentin, Gen Leut chief of Troops of Biological defense, Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Yurasov Nikolai, Counter Admiral Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Zarubin Alexander, counselor National Security Council of the Russian Federation Zolotarev Pavel, President Foundation for Support of the Military Reform |
