(opinion essay)

Everyone says, “If Chornobyl had not happened…”, but what would have happened then? What would the world have been without this catastrophe? Right, blind to the end, though in part. Because it was the Chornobyl disaster that allowed other countries to finally understand that “everything that happens in the Soviet Union remains in the Soviet Union.” Whether its citizens want it or not.

Now few adults, the elderly, admit that the first alarm about radiation “out” was raised by Sweden. Not only that, everyone in the world would have known even earlier about the tragedy, if there were no strike workers in Finland then, because the radiation particles arrived earlier. And in russia, they’ll say they didn’t know anything. And if the eastern part of the country can be believed, what will the western part say? They didnt see it, they didnt know it, right? They knew everything and kept silent. Just as now, all their leaders keep silence, knowing everything about this bloody war. Common people are silent, not because they don’t want to speak, but because they are afraid to speak. However, they have a handful of brave and honest people. That`s really good… It inspires some hope…

I just wanted to say, I’m glad we’re being open-minded and asking for help from everyone we can get to. Yes, it may look like begging on our knees, but we’re not silent. We are courageous to tell the truth and to protect our land. I believe that our ancestors are proud of us…

And I really hope that we won’t have a second Chornobyl. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.