Research established that all of these Russian Science Institutions were in frequent communication with Russia’s Scientific Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology (GosNIIHT), the agency that was tasked with supervising the destruction of Russia’s arsenal of nerve agents and ensuring the termination of the country’s chemical weapons program.
The role of the 33rd Central Institute and the GsNIIOHT in the development of Russia’s nerve agent program was previously known and these two institutes were sanctioned by the European Union. However, neither GNII VM or SC Signal have been sanctioned by European or US Governments and it appears their work has stayed outside the focus of Western Intel Services. Hopefully this will change soon.