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July 9, 2022
Ex-Soviet Bioweapons Labs in Georgia, Armenia, and Elsewhere Now Fighting the Coronavirus Targeted by a Russian Disinformation Campaign Over U.S. Support
Ex-Soviet Bioweapons Labs in Georgia, Armenia, and Elsewhere Now Fighting the Coronavirus Targeted by a Russian Disinformation Campaign Over U.S. Support by Paul Stronski with foreignpolicy.com.
June 10, 2022
Fact Sheet on WMD Threat Reduction Efforts with Ukraine, Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries
The U. S. Department of Defense has just released a new fact sheet on WMD Threat Reduction Efforts with Ukraine, Russia and Other Former Soviet Union Countries.
May 25, 2022
Inside the Ukrainian facility at the heart of Russia's "biological war lab" disinformation ploy
CBS News visited a DTRA-assisted biolab in Kyiv to debunk the conspiracy theories that they are biological weapons facilities.
May 17, 2022
No, the US has not built a biological weapons lab at Kemri
Disarming disinformation isn't just happening in the country of Ukraine. Propaganda spreads to other countries where DTRA continues to do good work for our partners.
April 10, 2022
Dr. Pope Interviewed for CBC News: The National
Dr. Robert Pope is interviewed by CBC News in an investigative report that exposes how a QAnon conspiracy theory about U.S.-funded 'Biolabs' in Ukraine morphed into mainstream disinformation.
March 22, 2022
Disarming Russia's Bioweapons Disinformation
"The Departments of State and Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs support and build partner nations’ capacity to secure pathogen collections and strengthen laboratory infrastructure."
March 15, 2022
The Often Subtle Distinction Between Anti-U.S. and Pro-Putin Rhetoric
The Washington Post provides brief timeline of events that took a little noticed post about covert weapons research from an anti-vaccine activist to the country’s most watched cable news network.
March 9, 2022
U.S. Dismisses Russian Claims of Biowarfare Labs in Ukraine
"The United State denied renewed Russian accusations that Washington was operating biowarfare labs in Ukraine, suggesting Moscow may be laying the groundwork to use a chemical or biological weapon.
In Ukraine, U.S.-Military-Linked Labs Could Provide Fodder for Russian Disinformation
"US officials are trying to prevent the Russian military from capturing pathogens stored in US-affiliated research labs in Ukraine, where they could potentially mischaracterize activities at the facilities."
March 5, 2022
The 46 US Labs in Ukraine and the $200 Pentagon Program That Sparked a Propaganda War:
"A Pentagon program meant to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction across 46 Ukrainian laboratories has helped fuel a propaganda war accusing the US of funding bioweapons research."