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Article: Russian lawmaker blames United States for nuclear crisis.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- May 12, 2005
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MOSCOW, May 12 (Yonhap) -- A senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday that Washington's wayward stance toward Pyongyang had led to the current nuclear standoff.Konstantin Kosachov, chairman of the foreign policy committee of the lower house of the Russian parliament, also told reporters that North Korea does not seem to have any nuclear weapons yet.He said that he was told by North Korean officials during his visit to Pyongyang last week that the communist state has become a nuclear power.Kosachov, however, quoted Russian experts as saying that ...