Gene war？ The United States collects human biological samples in Russia, and Putin publicly asks questions.
CCTV News:In the past two days, the "old rivals" of the United States and Russia have frequently made moves. In addition to the obvious contests such as "diplomatic war" and "media war", they are also secretly engaged in "gene war" and "energy war", which can be described as the bottom of the pot.
Recently, a news is becoming the focus of Russian media. That is, the United States is developing genetic weapons against Russians. Does this sound a bit like a plot that only appears in science fiction movies? However, the Russian media is not talking nonsense, because it is none other than Russian President Vladimir Putin who really puts the problem on the table.
Putin publicly stated on October 30, "Do you know that biological materials of people of different ethnic groups living in different regions are being collected all over the country? The question is, why do you do this? This was done on purpose. "
However, Putin did not point out who was collecting these samples, but said, "Let them do what they want, and we will do what we have to do."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pesco
Besides,Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, also said on October 31st that the information held by the Russian government showed that some non-governmental organizations were collecting genetic samples of the Russian people, and President Putin naturally knew this information.
Although neither Putin nor the Kremlin mentioned the United States, in the eyes of some Russian media, their suspected target may be the United States. According to today’s Russian TV website, the US Air Force Education and Training Command released recruitment information in July, specifically indicating the need to obtain Russian RNA and synovial fluid samples, and said that all samples must be "white people from Russia". This has caused some Russian officials to be alert and worried that the samples may be used to make genetic weapons.
Then the question is, why are Russian officials alert and worried? This has to mention a concept: "gene weapon".
"Genetic weapon", also known as "genetic engineering weapon", is a biological weapon made by gene recombination. According to the genetic characteristics of human beings, a certain ethnic group can be selected as the target of killing.
It is estimated that the genetic arsenal built with $50 million will be far more lethal than the nuclear arsenal built with $5 billion.
In mid-February, 2016, the annual Global Threat Assessment Report of American intelligence agencies listed "gene editing" in the list of "weapons of mass destruction and proliferation".
However, some experts said that it is still quite difficult to develop "genetic weapons" to attack specific people at the current level of science and technology.
Regarding Russia’s worries and speculations, the US Air Force Education and Training Command clarified to the Russian media on October 31 that the Advanced Molecular Monitoring Center, the largest medical unit of the US Air Force and the 59th medical unit, did collect Russian biological samples, but the purpose was not to make genetic weapons. The reason why it is necessary to collect Russian biological samples is that the researchers have previously obtained another set of samples from Russia from an American company. In order to continue the study, the samples of the control group should also be from Russia.
But it seems that this cannot easily dispel the doubts of the Russians. According to a report by the Russian New Network on the 1st, after Putin issued a warning, the Russian State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, said that it planned to pass a bill to ensure the biosafety of Russians in December. Onishchenko, the first vice-chairman of the Education and Science Committee of the Russian State Duma, said that the United States has collected information about our compatriots’ body fluids, organs and other tissues, which shows that it has not stopped its military offensive plan. Russia needs to enact relevant laws to strictly supervise foreign companies to engage in such activities in Russia and transmit data abroad.