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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Sweden has taken no action since learning a decade ago Russia was suspected of dumping chemical weapons and radioactive waste off its shore, reports indicate.
Sveriges Television reported the Swedish government was informed of the alleged Russian dumping off the Swedish island of Gotland in the early 1990s in reports issued in November and December 1999 and June 2000. The reports said the Russian military was suspected of dumping toxic material overboard on repeated occasions between 1991 and 1994, the Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday.
Without knowing the exact location, officials felt it would be too expensive to look for the dumped cargo at that time. An inquiry is now expected.
"The most important thing now is not to find someone to blame. The most important thing is to locate the dumped barrels and identify their contents," Rolf K. Nilsson, a moderate member of Parliament for Gotland, said in a release.
"If the details of the dumping are correct then it is something that affects all of the Baltic Sea states."
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