STOP WORRYING ABOUT NUCLEAR SMUGGLING.

That is the advice of theFederal Security Service department head charged with monitoringRussia’s nuclear materials, According to the May 26 Izvestiya, Gen.Aleksei Pushkarenko has concluded that there are no criminal groupsspecifically involved in the smuggling of nuclear materials, and thatany leaks are coming from research institutes rather than the military.The FSS aide said that security in the Strategic Rocket Forces–wheremost warheads are–was particularly good. On May 30, the Moscow paperSegodnya reported that many of the nuclear materials that many fearwere stolen had in fact been purchased completely legally.

Military Prosecutor: No Insubordination In Chechnya.