{"id":1369267,"date":"2022-03-10T13:21:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369267"},"modified":"2022-03-10T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:25:53","slug":"u-s-funds-ukrainian-former-bioweapons-facility-handling-dangerous-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-funds-ukrainian-former-bioweapons-facility-handling-dangerous-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Funds Ukrainian Former Bioweapons Facility Handling Dangerous Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-funds-ukrainian-former-bioweapons-facility-handling-dangerous-materials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<p><\/div>\n<p>A Ukrainian <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/03\/08\/obama-led-ukraine-biolab-efforts\/\">biolab<\/a> receiving funds from the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/13\/the-government-is-compiling-a-database-of-people-seeking-religious-exemptions-from-vaccine-mandates\/\">government<\/a> was formerly a bioweapons factory under the control of the Soviet Union, with experts recently reporting a \u201clack of modern biosafety equipment\u201d as well as \u201clethal microbes that in the West would be locked away in high-containment laboratories,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/09\/forbes-corrects-covid-morality-pill-article\/\">National Pulse<\/a> can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>An article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/2005\/08\/30\/us-to-aid-ukraine-in-countering-bioweapons\/72059ed1-90ca-4381-ac6f-10f4e205f09e\/\">published<\/a> by the<em>\u00a0Washington Post <\/em>on August 30th, 2005 \u2013 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/7x6ic\">U.S. to Aid Ukraine in Countering Bioweapons<\/a>\u201d \u2013 reveals a <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/07\/pfizer-professor-lectured-at-wuhan-lab\/\">lab<\/a> now receiving U.S. government funds formerly \u201csupplied highly lethal pathogens to Soviet bioweapons factories\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne lab to receive funding is the I.I. Mechnikov Antiplague Scientific and Research Institute, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/28\/cbc-partners-with-chinese-influence-group-on-virtual-visit\/\">Black<\/a> Sea port city of Odessa. The institute was part of a Cold <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/17\/western-media-is-literally-peddling-neo-nazi-propaganda-to-prompt-war-between-russia-and-ukraine\/\">War<\/a> network of \u201cantiplague\u201d stations that supplied highly lethal pathogens to Soviet bioweapons factories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, researchers from the James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation Studies in Monterey California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nonproliferation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cns-archive\/antiplague\/080103_nti_report.pdf\">noted<\/a> of the the Mechnikov facility:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026its management claimed in 2003 that it knew nothing about either the Soviet offensive or defensive [bioweapons] program. We question the second since it was in effect a closed facility until the late 1980s and worked on highly dangerous Group II pathogens and, probably, at least at time on some Group I pathogens since at least 1965. It would make sense if at least one of its laboratories worked on Problem 5 projects.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GETTR_GetOnGettr_DM_V02_A5.jpg\" alt=\"Get On Gettr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" \/>  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cProblem 5\u201d was the codename given to the Soviet bioweapons program.<\/p>\n<p>Another report by the James Martin Center <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonproliferation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/op18-soviet-antiplague.pdf\">revealed<\/a> disturbing practices at the U.S.-funded facility (emphases added):<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>The lack of modern biosafety equipment is also raising concern among U.S. officials about the potential for an accidental release of deadly bacteria and viruses. <\/span><\/strong>In Odessa, where 44 scientists and about 140 support staff carry out research in the I.I. Mechnikov Anti-plague Scientific and Research Institute, scientists wearing cotton smocks and surgical masks work with lethal microbes that in the West would be locked away in high-containment laboratories and handled only by scientists in spacesuits. <strong><span>The lab\u2019s scientists said their training in handling dangerous materials allowed them to work safely with pathogens without Western-style safety equipment<\/span><\/strong>\u2014which they viewed as unnecessary and which in any case they cannot afford. \u201cMany of the institutes are located in downtown areas, and <span><strong>some work with pathogens with windows wide open<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d said Sonia Ben Ouagrham, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/28\/fauci-calls-for-universal-coronavirus-vaccine\/\">who<\/a> coauthored the Monterey study with Zilinskas and Alexander Melikishvili.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/03\/04\/pbs-hosts-neo-nazi-ukraine-mayor-blurs-image-of-hitler-accomplice-behind-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77\"><\/p>\n<style scoped> .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#eaeaea; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #34495E!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); text-decoration:none; } .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77:active, .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 0.95; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#C0392B; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77 .postTitle { color:#000000; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u54f37a9728a0b1fbf01e4664ff89ab77:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style>\n<div><span class=\"ctaText\">MUST READ:<\/span>\u00a0 <span class=\"postTitle\">PBS Hosts Neo-Nazi Ukraine Mayor, Blurs Image of &#8216;Hitler Accomplice&#8217; Behind Him.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The news follows <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/07\/08\/biden-legal-advisor-argued-for-ccp-style-internet-control\/\">Biden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/26\/ortagus-pledged-to-serve-biden-in-private-emails\/\">State Department<\/a> official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/us-looks-to-keep-ukrainian-biological-research-facilities-from-russian-control\">Victoria Nuland telling the U.S. Senate<\/a>\u00a0that the American\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/13\/the-government-is-compiling-a-database-of-people-seeking-religious-exemptions-from-vaccine-mandates\/\">government<\/a>\u00a0is concerned about biological research facilities falling into Russian hands as a result of the ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/26\/mccann-america-eurasian-conflict\/\">conflict<\/a> in Eastern Europe, despite the department appearing to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDept\/status\/1501724524311678980?s=20&#038;t=S3u-xB3fyoxW3d333exgJg\">correct<\/a> her testimony the following day.<\/p>\n<p>The unearthed article also <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/03\/08\/obama-led-ukraine-biolab-efforts\/\">confirms<\/a> a previous National Pulse report revealing how former President <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/12\/biden-appoints-obama-era-gof-policy-reviewer\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> spearheaded negotiations leading to the lab eventually receiving U.S. government funds as part of a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/01\/covid-test-kit-company-praised-for-obeying-ccp\/\">Department of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agreement, the result of more than a year of negotiations, was announced by Sens. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) and Barack <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/03\/the-battle-for-tn-5-trump-defends-ortagus-pick-and-suggests-robby-starbuck-voted-for-obama-except-he-didnt\/\">Obama<\/a> (D-Ill.) during a visit to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev,\u201d notes <em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/news\/washington-post-correspondent-huawei\/\">Washington<\/a> Post. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>A separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/odessa-labs-host-deadly-legacy-1.483244\">article<\/a> from\u00a0<em>The Irish Times \u2013<\/em> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/dxvMB\">Odessa<\/a> Labs Host Deadly Legacy\u201d<em> \u2013 <\/em>explains the Odessa-based laboratory\u2019s former connections to the Soviet Union\u2019s biological weapons programs.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed a \u201crepository of knowledge, equipment and lethal pathogens that could be useful to bioterrorists,\u201d the lab Obama negotiated to receive U.S. funds was highlighted for its inadequate safety precautions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe institutes were not officially part of the Soviet bioweapons complex, so they have been ineligible for the tens of millions of dollars given each year by western governments to keep former weapons scientists from selling their expertise. These governments are just beginning to look for ways to help the institutes, and not only because of the bioterrorism threat. In a two-year study of <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/27\/why-do-american-elites-want-war-in-ukraine\/\">Russia<\/a>\u2019s biotech industry, a panel of the US National Academy of Sciences recently urged former Soviet republics to modernize the anti-plague labs and integrate them with other global networks working to prevent pandemics,\u201d added the article.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/03\/09\/gaetz-i-wont-vote-to-hike-gas-prices-for-my-constituents-there-are-better-ways-to-squeeze-putins-gangster-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b\"><\/p>\n<style scoped> .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#eaeaea; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #34495E!important; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -o-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.17); text-decoration:none; } .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b:active, .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 0.95; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#C0392B; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b .postTitle { color:#000000; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u27b57710bc466098a20c373d6a678b4b:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style>\n<div><span class=\"ctaText\">MUST READ:<\/span>\u00a0 <span class=\"postTitle\">GAETZ: I Won&#8217;t Vote to Hike Gas Prices for My Constituents. There Are Better Ways to Squeeze Putin&#8217;s Gangster Government.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey often have culture collections of pathogens that lack biosecurity, and they employ people who are well-versed in investigating and handling deadly pathogens,\u201d said Raymond Zilinskas, a bioweapons expert and co-author of a draft report by scholars from the Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies on the role of Ukrainian labs in Soviet bioweapon efforts<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome are located at sites accessible to terrorist groups and <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/01\/21\/illegal-aliens-can-now-use-their-own-arrest-warrants-to-travel-through-u-s-airports\/\">criminal<\/a> groups,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The unearthed bio lab facility follows <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/10\/27\/wuhan-report-boasted-of-human-infecting-covid\/\">intense<\/a>\u00a0scrutiny over the U.S. government\u2019s decision to fund risky, \u201cgain-of-<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/05\/15\/wuhan-lab-erases-nih-ties-gof-research\/\">function<\/a>\u201d research in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/12\/26\/wuhan-lab-hosts-biosafety-conference\/\">Wuhan<\/a>\u00a0at a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/12\/19\/watch-ccp-stuns-biden-blasts-u-s-military-war-crimes-in-middle-east\/\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/05\/17\/wuhan-lab-scrubs-ccp-awards-ties\/\">run<\/a>\u00a0lab with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2021\/06\/21\/nih-signed-mou-with-chinese-science-org-funding-pla\/\">military<\/a>\u00a0ties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.memberful.com\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Ukrainian biolab receiving funds from the U.S. government was formerly a bioweapons factory under the control of the Soviet Union, with experts recently reporting a \u201clack of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1369267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1369267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1369267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}