Friday, December 5, 2025

Russian official repeats allegation that Lugar lab is used for biowarfare

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia has once again accused a medical research facility in the republic of Georgia of launching weaponized bugs into territory under its control. “This is a matter of national security,” said deputy chief of Russia’s Security Council, Rashid Nurgaliev, during a public appearance in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, a disputed territory currently under Russia’s control … Read more

Russia does not rule out 'military measures' against Georgia in new threats over Tbilisi biolab

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia launched new threats and accusation against Georgia on Thursday over a US-funded laboratory in Tbilisi, warning that even ‘military measures’ are not ruled out. The move was ostensibly triggered by a former KGB general who served as Georgia’s security chief in the 1990s but fled the country after being accused of assassination attempt … Read more

The trouble with American military laboratories

The U.S. has been subject to criticism for several covert projects which some claim are in breach of the ban on biological weapons. But there is no reason to suspect that such research would be done at this laboratory in Tbilisi.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new U.S. financed biological laboratory opened in March 2011 near Tbilisi. It will have American military researchers working there. Is it a problem?

According to the website of the Central Public Health Reference Laboratory, it “will belong to an international

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Russian sanitary official concerned about Tbilisi laboratory

Russia's top sanitary inspector questions why Georgia needs to have American military researchers working at this newly opened laboratory near Tbilisi.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia’s chief sanitary inspector is concerned about the deployment of U.S. military laboratories at former Soviet medical institutions in Ukraine and Georgia.

According to NEWSru, a Russian news website owned by Gazprom, Gennady Onishchenko

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Biological laboratory in Tbilisi to start research soon

Central Public Health Reference Laboratory lies near Tbilisi international airport. Research will start in the near future.

TBILISI, DFWatch – American defense officials Tuesday visited Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili to talk about a biological research facility which opened near Tbilisi one year ago.

The Central Public Health Reference Laboratory is a joint American-Georgian cooperation,

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