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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Some U.S. Assistance to Redirect Russian Scientists Taxed by Russia

NSIAD-00-154R Published: Apr 28, 2000. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether the Russian government has taxed assistance provided by programs that were designed to fund former Soviet weapons scientists, focusing on two programs: (1) the Department of Energy's (DOE) Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention; and (2) International Science and Technology Center in Moscow.

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Foreign financial assistanceForeign governmentsInternational cooperationNuclear proliferationNuclear weaponsResearch and developmentTaxesWeapons of mass destructionScientistsValue-added taxes