The Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation conducts tests on humans. The project discovered that they were testing drugs and munitions, such as artillery shells.

The statement said that specialists from the Military Medicine Research Testing Institute of the Ministry of Defense (GNIIII VM MO) are testing munitions and medicines on military volunteers. investigation “The Project” was released on April 13. Briefly about him He tells “an agency”.

According to the project, in 2015 the institute became the only institution affiliated with the Ministry of Defense that has the right to conduct research on humans. The director of the institute, Sergei Chebor, spoke about this in the article “Features of organizing and conducting clinical and military experiments with the participation of military personnel,” published in the Military Journal in 2019.

The publication stated that the drugs being tested at the institute could have “an effect on higher nervous activity,” so animal studies are insufficient and involve “healthy military volunteers.”

It is not clear what exactly was included in the Institute of Military Medicine’s testing program. The article offered only general words about what is being studied in human trials:

• New types of weapons, military and special equipment, as well as equipment,
• Assessing the harmful effects of new types of weapons,
• Means of pharmacological support and correction of the condition of military personnel (including some performance-enhancing drugs),
• Means of protection against extreme and destructive factors.

In 2018, the institute opened a scientific and clinical center with a capacity of 100 beds, which contains a three-bed intensive care unit, therapeutic and surgical departments, and an anesthesia and resuscitation group. In the first year, study participants received more than “300 observations of military personnel” who participated in drug, vaccine and weapons trials.

The head of the institute, Sergei Chebur, spoke about one of the tests while speaking at the “Current Problems of Defense and Security” conference, held in St. Petersburg in April 2023. According to Chebur, artillery ammunition was tested on volunteers to determine the type and power of the projectile needed to “destroy or incapacitate enemy personnel.”

The head of the institute said that in the training field where the tests took place, military fortifications of Russia and NATO were imitated. To determine the effectiveness of the ammunition, test subjects were examined for the state of psychophysiological and cardiovascular activity at the test site, took the necessary samples, and used a special scale to determine the dependence of body dysfunction on the firing distance of 122 and 300 mm rifles.

During the tests, the volunteers developed blood pressure problems, including critical problems, changes in the blood vessels and nervous system began, and sensory and logical functions began to be depressed. “In the future, this will allow the use of ammunition to suppress enemy personnel while ensuring the infliction of damage of at least average severity,” says the conference materials cited by the project.

The Russian Defense Ministry’s Research Institute of Military Medicine is, as the agency noted, the most important participant in the ongoing chemical weapons development program in Russia. The institute’s director, Sergei Chebor, repeatedly communicated with GRU employees, including during training with the help of Novichok, according to a 2020 investigation by Bellingcat, The Insider, Der Spiegel and Radio Liberty.