MOSCOW MARCH 1 ITAR - BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT:
RUSSIAN NATIONALIST LEADER VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY DENIED ALLEGATIONS THAT THE
SECRET WEAPONS WITH WHICH HE HAD THREATENED THE WEST OF LATE WAS OBTAINED BY
RUSSIA THROUGH ALDRICH AMES, A HIGH-RANKING CIA OFFICIAL ARRESTED ON CHARGES
OF SPYING FOR RUSSIA.
"THESE CAN BE PARALLEL RESEARCH WITH SIMPLY THE SAME NAME, BUT THIS IS A
RESEACH OF OUR SCIENTISTS, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AMERICANS", ZHIRINOVSKY
TOLD TASS ON TUESDAY ADDING THAT HE HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE AMES FAMILY FROM
NEWSPAPERS.
MEDIA REPORTS SAID THAT THE ZHIRINOVSKY-DISCLOSED SECRET WEAPON WAS CREATED
BY THE US "GERARDO INTERNATIONAL" COMPANY, AND, ACCORDING TO ITS PRESIDENT
NEIL GERARDO, WAS OBTAINED BY RUSSIANS THROUGH AMES.
"WE HAD AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AMES HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND WE ARE NOT
CONNECTED WITH ANY SECRET SERVICES IN GENERAL", ZHIRINOVSKY SAID.