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60 Years Ago, Moscow Tested a Nuclear Weapon on Its Own Citizens

September 15, 2014

Staunton, September 15 – Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of a horrific tragedy in which the Soviet government tested a nuclear weapon on its own people at a military base in Orenburg Oblast, a tragedy which continues because the Russian government has not been willing to face up to what happen or provide effective help […]