Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev14 May 1986
Delivers a televised address explaining the Chernobyl accident and criticising Western reporting while acknowledging the seriousness of the disaster.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Delivers a televised address explaining the Chernobyl accident and criticising Western reporting while acknowledging the seriousness of the disaster.
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