CHERNOMYRDIN, GRACHEV BACK NUCLEAR INDUSTRY, ARMS.

On the 50th anniversary of the Russian nuclear industry, Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin said that the nuclear industry "was,is and will always be Russia’s top priority," and defenseminister Pavel Grachev said that "nuclear weapons will remainthe main war-preventing deterrent," Russian media reportedAugust 28. Meanwhile, the Russian atomic energy ministry saidthat it hoped to sell even more nuclear reactors and other equipment abroad.

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