Opening Up the Closed Military Cities of Russia

[Ryan Ruck]

Opening Up the Closed Military Cities of Russia

Although the Cold War has been over since 1991, Russia still continues maintaining many Soviet era customs. One of the more troublesome is the “military town.” These are towns, some large enough to be called cities, that are used exclusively by the military, and are off limits to civilians. There are still 952 of these currently in operation, and in most other countries this level of security is not bothered with. It costs extra time (of the troops pulling guard duty) and money (for guard posts, fencing and the like) to maintain a “military town.” As a practical matter, anyone who wants to get into one of these, can do so. You can usually sneak in, or just bribe the guards. The defense ministry wants permission to open up 47 of these towns right away, to show that there would be no adverse effects. Over the last decade, many other “closed towns” (usually containing military research organizations) have been opened up, with no problems. Eventually, most of them would be opened up, freeing up a lot of money for more important things.

[Ryan Ruck]

By the way, forgot to mention this earlier...

Reading the replies to this thread on FR was interesting. Especially those replies from a known Russian "agent" that goes by the screen name RusIvan. See his reply to another poster:

To: strategofr

There are still 952 of these currently in operation, ==

It is too much. Probably your number includes military bases as GLob told you already. I never heard that the military bases opened in any countries. But special research towns like Korolev under Moscow already opened.

Some wouldn't be. Like Arzamas-16(Sarov) which is nuclier research town like Los Alamos laboratory.
Some like A-Tomsk or Zheleznogorsk under Kranoyarsk you wouldn't like to open yourself. They had inside so much of radioactive matherials that better to guard them all times.

I referred specifically to research facilities involved in biological warfare and other capabilities.==

Biological warefare? IMHO Russia doesn't have such research except antidot reaserches against biological agents.

12 posted on 12/31/2005 6:12:16 PM EST by RusIvan ("THINK!" the motto of IBM)

With this post, you can clearly see how our enemies are trying to infiltrate and influence us.

Research for antidotes only?!?!

Anyone who has read Ken Alibek's book Biohazard or even done a modicum of research on Russia knows this is a bald faced lie! Russia has not only had one of the most aggressive biowarfare programs in history (which continues to this day!!) but, has helped spawn those of other countries such as Iraq, Iran, North Korea, etc.

Simply unbelievable...

[Malsua]

Russia once had a "lab" on an island in the Aral Sea. If you know anything about the Aral sea, you'll note that due to assinine policies, the sea has pretty much dried up. That island is no longer an island. It's now a wind swept sand dune...blowing toxins all over. I guess that was just anti-dote research too.

[Ryan Ruck]

And let's not forget that 1979 accidental release of anthrax from Sverdlovsk that killed dozens in the nearby village.

Surely must have been antidote research...