Posted on 06/07/2019 7:33:50 AM PDT by Krosan
Furious at the breakout success of the HBO series Chernobyl, Russia is planning to make its own series portraying the nuclear disaster as the work of an American CIA operative.
Russian television broadcaster NTV announced that it had commissioned the series, and principal photography has already begun in Belarus under director Alexei Muradov.
In response to the HBO series' depiction of Soviet bureaucrats bungling the response both during and after the 1986 nuclear accident in the Ukrainian SSR, the Russian version plans to tell the tale of a heroic KGB agent trying to thwart a supposed CIA sabotage plot.
'One theory holds that Americans had infiltrated the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and many historians do not deny that, on the day of the explosion, an agent of the enemy's intelligence services was present at the station,' Muradov explained to the Moscow Times.
The Chernobyl disaster occurred during a failed safety test of the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and there is no credible evidence to suggest that the accident was part of a CIA plot.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Can’t wait till they explain how Trump caused it.
Sheer insanity.
“De Amerikanskis came in wit der roll and rock music and caused our technicians to be snapping der fingers when dey should half been payingk attention to der meters!”
The Russians are probably already in talks with Hillary and Chelsea’s new movie production company.
I’m surprised HBO didn’t do that version.
William J. Casey (January 28, 1981–January 29, 1987) was the head of the CIA during Chernobyl,
https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-Central-Intelligence-Agency-directors-1787118
40. Ronald Reagan (January 20, 1981—January 20, 1989). Republican. Prior to becoming a politician Ronald Reagan had been a radio broadcaster and actor. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and economics. As president, Reagan implemented new economic policies that became known as “Reaganomics.”
I do NOT blame Reagan for any of this situation, BUT I do blame GHWB, having been in Dallas, Texas during the JFK assignation, and him being the head of the CIA...
So my answers are above...but it started long before this...
I have so far seen the first two episodes of the HBO one and it has been excellent in portraying how horrible the Soviet Union was.
A Breeder Reactor with no Containment Dome.
Brought to you by the same People who discarded the obsolete Nuclear Reactors from their Decommissioned Submarines by dumping them into the Arctic Sea.
I really want to see the Russian version. It sounds great.
Clearly they’ve never learned the lesson.
Which means it will happen again.
How many abandoned Russian nuclear subs would fit in the crater on Runit island would you guess KC?
Chernobyl was a very interesting and intriguing study during and after it actually happened, from all the captured video as it happened to the ultimate conclusions based on all the evidence on what caused the event thereafter... this before TV series and movies depicting the event.
My own conclusion is human error which was created by power of authority differences in the control room. Also undetected warnings.
Russia is like Mexico...always blames the US.
I have no idea, but those Soviet Typhoon Class Subs were humongous.
I were a Multi Billionaire, I would buy one and refurb it to use as my Yacht. It would be called it the Nautilus and I would change my name to Captain Nemo which would also become my new FR Handle.
....”Russia is like Mexico...always blames the US”.....
Rather like the US always blames Russia.
No, if it wasn’t brought under control world wide life expectancy would drop to the low 40’s and birth defect rates skyrocketing. Not just for our generation but 100’s of generations. This could have been an extinction level event. So as cynical as I am, I doubt the U.S would ever sabotage the reactor
Me too. The HBO version was well done IMHO.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.