Photo Reuters In mid -April, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Ivanov met in the Hague with the director of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons Jose Bustani. Naturally, it was about Russian obligations to destroy poison. Initially, Russia promised by April 2002 to reduce its arsenal of chemical weapons by 20 %. But, as always, there was a problem with money. The Russian Minister of the authoritative organization complained about it.