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Russia is making a rival to HBO's 'Chernobyl' which focuses on a conspiracy theory that a CIA agent caused the nuclear disaster

Russia is working on its own TV show about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster — but this version focuses on a conspiracy theory that a CIA agent sabotaged the reactor.

The Russian show, whose release date is not yet known, comes at the heels of HBO's successful miniseries, "Chernobyl."

The HBO show attributes the 1986 nuclear disaster to a combination of reckless decisions made by senior plant staff and Soviet state censorship, which resulted in the government hiding dangerous problems at the plant from the public, as well as other scientists and plant staff.

Donald Sumpter Chernobyl HBO miniseries
Donald Sumpter on HBO's "Chernobyl" miniseries. Liam Daniel/HBO
This portrayal is considered highly accurate. Many former Soviet, however, slammed it as inaccurate and slanderous of the Soviet Union.

Read more: What HBO's 'Chernobyl' gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident

The nuclear disaster propelled radioactive particles over 1,000 square miles of Ukraine and Belarus. The death toll remains unknown, but some studies say tens of thousands of people died as a result of the leak.


Moscow's version of "Chernobyl" — which is produced by NTV, an arm of Russia's majority state-owned Gazprom Media — is premised on the theory that CIA agents sabotaged the nuclear reactor, which ultimately led to the accident, NTV said in April 2018.


Specifically, the plot will follow a Russian KGB agent in the town of Pripyat, near the plant, as he tries to track down US spies before they trigger the disaster, director Alexei Muradov told The Moscow Times on Tuesday.

Russia's ministry of culture gave NTV 30 million rubles ($462,000) to produce the Russian version of Chernobyl, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The idea for Russia's version of "Chernobyl" is based from a popular conspiracy theory in the country, Muradov told The Moscow Times.

"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," he said.

The US and Soviet Union were in the midst of the Cold War at the time of the explosion, and espionage and mutual mistrust were high.

Read more: Russia still has 10 Chernobyl-style reactors that scientists say aren't necessarily safe

Chernobyl exclusion zone
An employee opens the gate at the checkpoint "Maidan" in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the abandoned village of Babchin, Belarus, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Journalists from former Soviet countries have taken issue with HBO's adaptation of the nuclear disaster.

One writer from Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's most popular paper, said last month the series was designed to slander Rosatom, Russia's nuclear energy company.

The same newspaper also ran the headline on a separate story, which said according to The Guardian: "Chernobyl did not show the most important part — our victory."

Another journalist wrote in Kosovo's Express Gazeta that HBO had wrongly depicted "ignobility, carelessness and petty tyranny."

HBO's "Chernobyl" is the highest-rated TV series of all time, Esquire cited IMDB as saying.

Dwarven Blacksmith έγραψε: ↑

07 Ιουν 2019, 20:17

Δεν είναι ψέμματα. Είναι alternative facts. Αυτός είναι ο κόσμος που θέλουν.

Northern Spirit έγραψε: ↑

07 Ιουν 2019, 20:09

Εδω η αληθεια λεμε!
Χαλαστηκαν οι Ρωσοι απο την σειρα της HBO για το Τσερνομπιλ επειδη αποκαλυψε την Σοβιετικη ανικανοτητα και ετοιμαζουνε λεει δικη τους σειρα που θα βασιζεται σε θεωρια συνομωσιας οτι το τσερνομπιλ προκαλεσε σαμποταζ της CIA. Tα "αντικειμενικα" Gazprom Media θα ετοιμαζουνε τη σειρα που χρηματοδοτειται και απο το Ρωσικο υπουργειο..Κουλτουρας..

Επιτελους θα μαθουμε την "αληθεια" απο τους παντα "αντικειμενικους" Ρωσους.... Μπεεεεεεεεεεεεε

https://www.insider.com/russia-making-o ... IcETTCXbbU

Russia is making a rival to HBO's 'Chernobyl' which focuses on a conspiracy theory that a CIA agent caused the nuclear disaster

Russia is working on its own TV show about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster — but this version focuses on a conspiracy theory that a CIA agent sabotaged the reactor.

The Russian show, whose release date is not yet known, comes at the heels of HBO's successful miniseries, "Chernobyl."

The HBO show attributes the 1986 nuclear disaster to a combination of reckless decisions made by senior plant staff and Soviet state censorship, which resulted in the government hiding dangerous problems at the plant from the public, as well as other scientists and plant staff.

Donald Sumpter Chernobyl HBO miniseries
Donald Sumpter on HBO's "Chernobyl" miniseries. Liam Daniel/HBO
This portrayal is considered highly accurate. Many former Soviet, however, slammed it as inaccurate and slanderous of the Soviet Union.

Read more: What HBO's 'Chernobyl' gets right (and wrong) about the world's worst nuclear power plant accident

The nuclear disaster propelled radioactive particles over 1,000 square miles of Ukraine and Belarus. The death toll remains unknown, but some studies say tens of thousands of people died as a result of the leak.


Moscow's version of "Chernobyl" — which is produced by NTV, an arm of Russia's majority state-owned Gazprom Media — is premised on the theory that CIA agents sabotaged the nuclear reactor, which ultimately led to the accident, NTV said in April 2018.


Specifically, the plot will follow a Russian KGB agent in the town of Pripyat, near the plant, as he tries to track down US spies before they trigger the disaster, director Alexei Muradov told The Moscow Times on Tuesday.

Russia's ministry of culture gave NTV 30 million rubles ($462,000) to produce the Russian version of Chernobyl, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The idea for Russia's version of "Chernobyl" is based from a popular conspiracy theory in the country, Muradov told The Moscow Times.

"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," he said.

The US and Soviet Union were in the midst of the Cold War at the time of the explosion, and espionage and mutual mistrust were high.

Read more: Russia still has 10 Chernobyl-style reactors that scientists say aren't necessarily safe

Chernobyl exclusion zone
An employee opens the gate at the checkpoint "Maidan" in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the abandoned village of Babchin, Belarus, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Journalists from former Soviet countries have taken issue with HBO's adaptation of the nuclear disaster.

One writer from Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's most popular paper, said last month the series was designed to slander Rosatom, Russia's nuclear energy company.

The same newspaper also ran the headline on a separate story, which said according to The Guardian: "Chernobyl did not show the most important part — our victory."

Another journalist wrote in Kosovo's Express Gazeta that HBO had wrongly depicted "ignobility, carelessness and petty tyranny."

HBO's "Chernobyl" is the highest-rated TV series of all time, Esquire cited IMDB as saying.

alekhine έγραψε: ↑

08 Ιουν 2019, 13:50

οι ρωσοι μπορει να ειδαν ποσοι ψεκασμενοι τσιμπησαν απο το σεναριο οτι "ο πουτιν χακαρε την εκλογη του προεδρου" και ειπαν να παιξουν το εργο απο την αναποδη μπας και κοινο που πιστευει στις ψεκασμενιες υπαρχει