KALININA Natalia

In 2003-2004 Dr. Kalinina was Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and later held a post of the Deputy Inspector-General of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. Among her areas of professional interest are nonproliferation of chemical and biological weapons, G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Russian military-technical cooperation. She is the author of many publications, including ‘The Chemical Weapons Convention: Problems and Prospects' (PIR Study Papers, #24, 2003); ‘The Efficiency of the Convention on Chemical Weapons Depends on Russia's Actions,' (Yaderny Kontrol, # 1, 2003).