By the way, Roy, who wrote that comment on gas and Belarus, has a nice article on Chernobyl on intelligent.ru. (http://english.intelligent.ru/ ) It's far too long to post, but here's the intro and ending.
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Great article and, I think, very true in the sense of capturing the psycho-political impact of this disaster. Chernobyl was the last nail in the coffin which the Party had been nailing around its head for decades.
Cheers, Mike B)
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