Kanatzhan Alibekov's book, published for the first time in Russian, tells about how offensive biological weapons were developed in the former USSR, about various pathogenic bacteria, the mysterious anthrax epidemic in Sverdlovsk, about secret laboratories creating poisons for committing political assassinations, about the use of biological weapons during World War II and the war in Afghanistan. The frightening but true story of the world's largest biological weapons program, told by an eyewitness - the very man who created it. Kanatzhan Alibekov, co-authored with Stephen Handelman