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Being 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

Being 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.