Documents confirm the activities of key Pentagon contractors in several countries on the continent, the Russian Defense Ministry has alleged<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US is transferring dual-purpose biological research activities to Africa, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Monday, citing Pentagon documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who leads the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, the move is in response to Moscow\u2019s efforts to expose Washington’s illegal military-biological operations. He also cited<\/a> the worsening \u201cepidemic situation near biosites in the European region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe documents at our disposal confirm the activities of key Pentagon contractors on the African continent \u2013 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Uganda, and South Africa. Customers on the part of the US government are the DTRA [Defense Threat Reduction Agency], the National Security Agency, and the US Department of State,\u201d Kirillov added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moscow has repeatedly accused the US of plotting biological warfare against it and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, Russian UN representative Vassily Nebenzia told the Security Council that Moscow had discovered at least 30 Ukrainian laboratories engaged in disease research, including anthrax and cholera, funded and supervised by the US. In May, State Duma Deputy Speaker Irina Yarovaya expressed concern over Washington\u2019s interest in biological weapons, describing it as a highly concealed and unpredictable form of mass destruction that could become a global issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US has denied the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n