Chernobyl

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Official death toll according to the (former) USSR: 31

[DemonGeminiX]

That's Russia. They control the media so they control the information. Anything to not look weak in their adversaries' eyes.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That's Russia. They control the media so they control the information. Anything to not look weak in their adversaries' eyes.

Yup, they scoffed a couple of times at even the thought of asking Americans for help.

[DemonGeminiX]

Sometimes you can be too proud. And when it's an entire government of a nation... well, you kinda understand why they are the way they are today.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

When Legasov was giving his testimony and explaining the difference between the Soviet RBKM reactors and the reactors in the west, like why the control rods were graphite tipped and there was no containment shield and the judge kept asking why...

"Because it's cheaper."

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Nellie Andreeva - Deadline




Communists Of Russia, a Marxist-Leninist communist party, said Thursday that it has asked Russia’s TV regulator, Roskomnadzor, to block local access to “disgusting” HBO miniseries Chernobyl.

The party, not to be confused with the bigger, more powerful Communist Party of the Russian Federation, went on to call for a libel lawsuit against the writer, director and producers of the series, claiming that the program “turned a tragedy into an object of ideological manipulation,” “demonizing the Soviet regime and Soviet people.” (The party’s Sergey Malinkovich, who made the statements, admitted that the series for the most part portrayed correctly the chronology of events and key moments of the nuclear disaster.)

Asked for comment by Russian media, Roskomnadzor said that they had not received a formal inquiry by Communists Of Russia but would examine the request if it’s filed and would respond as stipulated by law.

Chernobyl, which chronicles the April 26 1986 reactor explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, has become a global phenomenon. It has enjoyed enormous popularity everywhere, including Russia, which is prepping its own TV movie about the incident.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Tom Fish - The Express




THE CHERNOBYL nuclear disaster is the topic of a critically-acclaimed HBO show. But a state-backed Russia channel is now preparing its own version of the show which some Russians have derided as “American propaganda”.

The April 1986 explosion at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant was the worst nuclear accident in history. Two Chernobyl Power Plant workers died immediately when the plant’s Reactor Four suffered a steam explosion and at least 28 more died soon after from the lethal radiation release. Approximately five percent of Chernobyl’s nuclear core escaped into the atmosphere, threatening to coat Europe in deadly radioactive dust.

Interest in Chernobyl has spiked, following the release of the critically-acclaimed HBO show.

But Russia is now preparing its own version of Chernobyl drama, which will deviate from historical reality by claiming the US spy agency the CIA was behind the disaster.

Director of the Russian remake Aleksey Muradov claims it will show "what really happened back then".

HBO's miniseries, which concluded on Monday, received the highest ever score for a TV show on IMdB.



But in an interview with a widely-read Russian tabloid, Mr Muradov said the forthcoming version of the show "proposes an alternative view on the tragedy in Pripyat.

He said: ”There is a theory that Americans infiltrated the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

"Many historians do not rule out the possibility that on the day of the explosion, an agent of the enemy's intelligence services was working at the station."

Russia’s culture ministry has reportedly contributed 30 million rubles (£363,000) to the show.

Chernobyl has faced a backlash in Russia, with one columnist describing the show as a plot to undermine Russia's current atomic agency.

Others derided Chernobyl as American “propaganda”, tainting the image of the USSR and exaggerating the disregard of the Soviet response.

Many commentator concludes a main reason for the negative reaction is the feeling of national shame that it was the US that told the tale of Chernobyl, not Russia.

Chernobyl has proved particularly unpopular with Russian state TV and the country's tabloid newspapers.





Ukrainian columnist Anatoly Wasserman said: "If Anglo-Saxons film something about Russians, it definitely will not correspond to the truth."

This, he explained, was not because "they don't like us" but because "they simply cannot understand us".

Popular Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda has published numerous negative articles about Chernobyl - including one promoting a conspiracy theory that it was produced by competitors of Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom, to ruin the country's reputation as a nuclear power.

[Hal-9000]

When Legasov was giving his testimony and explaining the difference between the Soviet RBKM reactors and the reactors in the west, like why the control rods were graphite tipped and there was no containment shield and the judge kept asking why...

"Because it's cheaper."

One thing I liked about how they portrayed the event were the cryptic references about the guy hitting the shutdown button. When they finally established he did push it in time, then it exposed the idea that the failsafe shutdown button didn't work.

[Goofy]

Yup, they scoffed a couple of times at even the thought of asking Americans for help.

Same thing happened when the Kursk submarine was stranded at the bottom of the ocean, by the time they admitted they didnt have the people or equipment to dive down and cut the sub open it was too late.

A friend of mine was actually the diver who cut it open, he has the Russian flag from the sub in his house.

[lost in melb.]

Same thing happened when the Kursk submarine was stranded at the bottom of the ocean, by the time they admitted they didnt have the people or equipment to dive down and cut the sub open it was too late.

A friend of mine was actually the diver who cut it open, he has the Russian flag from the sub in his house.

Wow!

[lost in melb.]

But Russia is now preparing its own version of Chernobyl drama, which will deviate from historical reality by claiming the US spy agency the CIA was behind the disaster.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The CIA is everywhere and responsible for everything

[Hal-9000]

Same thing happened when the Kursk submarine was stranded at the bottom of the ocean, by the time they admitted they didnt have the people or equipment to dive down and cut the sub open it was too late.

A friend of mine was actually the diver who cut it open, he has the Russian flag from the sub in his house.

Very cool

[Goofy]

Very cool

I'd have been crapping myself He was a hyperbaric welder for one of the big oil drilling companies (he's now a company rep/bigwig for BP and stays above water) - heard some crazy stories over the years!

He worked alongside the Russian divers on that job, says the poor guys were hugely underequipped, undertrained and vastly underpaid...... surprise surprise! Bryan's team were meant to access the sub then step aside for the Russian divers to go inside due to "sensitive material" on board (military secrets most likely) but that didn't happen, the Russian divers were in over their head so Bryan effectively led the entry.

He's never gone into the full details of what he saw inside...... not sure i'd want to know anyway tbh. Thankfully he's always been a bit of a nutter anyway so it's water off a duck's back to him

Edit - he's BP diving rep for Orion group - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bryan-wilson-b6517791

[Hal-9000]

Thanks Goof.

I assume they found corpses? If it's the story I remember the crew was stuck down there for a long time.