Thursday, 21 July 2016

‘The graveyard of the Earth’: inside City 40, Russia’s deadly nuclear secret

‘The graveyard of the Earth’: inside City 40, Russia’s deadly nuclear secret

Ozersk, codenamed City 40, was the birthplace of the Soviet nuclear weapons programme. Now it is one of the most contaminated places on the planet – so why do so many residents still view it as a fenced-in paradise? By Samira Goetschel.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jul/20/graveyard-earth-inside-city-40-ozersk-russia-deadly-secret-nuclear?source=Snapzu

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