" Belarus were sacrificed to save the Russian capital from radiation"/Compensation, G

" Belarus were sacrificed to save the Russian capital from radiation"/Compensation, Gorbachev´s role, etc.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1549366/How-we-made-the-Chernobyl-rain.html

 

what a load bollocks, as always on the part of West tabloid media. Chernobyl wasn't in fact that much of a disaster as for example Fukusima or Hiroshima, because no rise in leukemia or cancer related deseases has ever been detected since then among the population near Chernobyl area.

 

Oh, who cares, Belarus is just a load of (*)(*)(*)(*)ty swamps and dull cities. Not much of a loss.
Did somebody expected goverment to sacrifise it's capital city to save....swamps?

 

was not Belarus one of the most industrialized republics of USSR?
swamps, whats about Homel, Pinsk, etc. ? and should BSSR government first somehow approve such actions? by the way Moscow has never been in danger clouds were going toward Finland , Sweden...

 

Am I missing something here? From article initially posted by yourself:

Even if it happened as claimed by Major Grushin, there's nothing of a big surprise in it, nor it's somehow directed towards Belorussians. It was a simple and logical decision- you must prevent it to get to densely populated area no matter the cost, unfortunately.

 

"The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.''

sacrificing tens of thousands of lives to protect tens of millions of lives, is the way of the world.

 

logical for who? for Belorusians ? i dont think so

 

The city of Moscow has/had at the time a diverse population, with many different ethnic groups living over there. We're talking about Soviets here, lives of Soviet ppl while you're trying to make some invalid point.

 

millions in this case

 

do you think that millions Belorusians ´d be happy with Moscow´s nuclear dumb choice ?

 

It's the kind of decision no one can be happy with.