Lukashenko’s nuclear threat… (speech given at “The New Chernobyls on Europe’s Doorstep?” Conference on 29 January 2021)

The nuclear plant at Astravets. Photo credit: Zviazda http://zviazda.by/

The story of Belarus and nuclear power really begins in North Ukraine on the 26 of April 1986 when unit 4 of the Chornobyl nuclear plant exploded. The blast contaminated wide areas of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and the exact number of victims whose health was compromised or who died in…