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The Nuclear legacy of the former Soviet Union (1994)
| Author | Vladimir Babak, Guy Degany |
| Date | April 1994 |
| Classification | 2.34.0.00/13 (RUSSIA - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
5. CONCLUSIONS Although more than two years have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet nuclear complex and the nuclear policies of the USSR's successors are still in a transitional period. On the one hand, Russia has retained most of the Soviet nuclear complex and preserved most of the guidelines which determined Soviet nuclear policy. On the other hand, some parts of this complex (including nuclear weapons) are still located in other ex-Soviet states. Thus, although some of the features that characterized the Soviet nuclear structure and policies still remain, other aspects of it have changed significantly and have not yet been finally shaped. The fundamental principle determining Russia's nuclear policy is its self-perception as the sole heir to the Soviet nuclear legacy. Russia, like the Soviet Union before it, is struggling to maintain its role as a world nuclear power together with the United States and as a leading regional power over the expanse of the former USSR. Russia will therefore try to maintain the Soviet nuclear arsenal in its hands alone and will press for the withdrawal of all nuclear weapons from Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
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