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“I was oppressed and resented by the overt cynicism of the Western “civilized” society. Not only did they not provide material support, but they did not even ex
by john-doe 5y ago
“I was oppressed and resented by the overt cynicism of the Western “civilized” society. Not only did they not provide material support, but they did not even express sympathy. At that time they treated us like lepers. And only individual organizations, specialists and entrepreneurs offered their help.”
- viktorcode 5y agoBeing a party boss, he skips the part where the USSR chose not to inform its European neighbours about the catastrophe. They knew when the radiation traveled to Eastern and Northern Europe with the wind. After that European governments started with frantic measures to protect their citizens and ecology. Obviously, USSR citizens didn't know about it at all. But rumours persisted. I remember my mother listening to Turkish radio from a Black sea resort for the news on Chernobyl.
- rixed 5y ago... after that, at least some of European governments started with not informing their population about the catastrophe and lying frantically about the lack of risks, with full support from the TV stations. At least in France, where the tradition to infantilise the citizens was apparently as strong back then as it is today.
- sto_hristo 5y agoApart from the fact that the USSR hid the disaster to save their ugly face and them being communists hellbent on conquering everything, the Western civilization don't owe them a thing. It's really the other way around - the USSR should compensate Western civilizations who suffered from USSR complete and total inadequacy. But USSR being piss poor and miserable, they hardly have anything of value.