by R. Adam MoodyNuclear Cooperation Agreement • February 8th, 1999
Contract Type FiledFebruary 8th, 1999This transaction highlights one of the principal chal- lenges facing the international nonproliferation regime vis- à-vis the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Burdened by an economy with a large hard currency debt, Russia has expanded its military-industrial exports in general and its exports of nuclear-related technologies from the Rus- sian Ministry of Atomic Energy (Minatom) in particular as a means of generating much-needed hard currency.