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☆ 'Let Us Be a Lesson', Say Kazakhs Wary of Return to Nuclear Testing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

Many nuclear proliferation experts believe resuming testing by either nuclear superpower more than 30 years after the last test is unlikely soon. "I remember I was about five years old," said Baglan Gabullin, a resident of Kaynar, another village that lived under the shadow of nuclear testing. Gabullin, speaking near a small monument to victims of nuclear tests erected in Kaynar, also said losses were common. While villages such as Kaynar and Saryzhal were exposed to direct radiation, steppe winds carried nuclear fallout across an area the size of Italy. "Underground testing can also have severe consequences," said Alicia Sanders-Zakre of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

Persons: Mariya Gordeyeva SARYZHAL, Vladimir Putin, Serikbay Ybyrai, Baglan Gabullin, Gulsum Mukanova, Mukanova, Alicia Sanders, Olzhas, Gloria Dickie, Olzhas Auyezov, Mike Collett, White, Timothy Heritage Organizations: Reuters, International, Nuclear Locations: Kazakhstan, Russia, United States, Soviet, Semey, Kazakh, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Saryzhal, Kaynar, Italy, Soviet Union, Novaya Zemlya, Russia's, Almaty, London

☆ 'Let us be a lesson', say Kazakhs wary of return to nuclear testing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Mariya Gordeyeva | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Many nuclear proliferation experts believe resuming testing by either nuclear superpower more than 30 years after the last test is unlikely soon. "I remember I was about five years old," said Baglan Gabullin, a resident of Kaynar, another village that lived under the shadow of nuclear testing. [1/5]A view shows a model of a nuclear test at the museum of the Semipalatinsk Test Site, one of the main locations for nuclear testing in the Soviet Union, in the town of Kurchatov in the Abai Region, Kazakhstan November 7, 2023. Gabullin, speaking near a small monument to victims of nuclear tests erected in Kaynar, also said losses were common. While villages such as Kaynar and Saryzhal were exposed to direct radiation, steppe winds carried nuclear fallout across an area the size of Italy.

Persons: Putin, Vladimir Putin, Serikbay Ybyrai, Baglan Gabullin, Pavel Mikheyev, Gulsum Mukanova, Mukanova, Alicia Sanders, Olzhas, Gloria Dickie, Olzhas Auyezov, Mike Collett, White Organizations: Soviet, REUTERS, International, Nuclear, Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Kazakhstan, SARYZHAL, Russia, United States, Soviet, Semey, Kazakh, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Saryzhal, Kaynar, Soviet Union, Kurchatov, Abai Region, Italy, Novaya Zemlya, Russia's, Almaty, London

The lower house, the State Duma, on Wednesday passed the second and third readings of a bill that revokes Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. What is happening in the world today is the exclusive fault of the United States," parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Russia's testing ground in the remote northern archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in August. CNN published satellite images last month showing Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities at their nuclear test sites in recent years. The Soviet Union last tested in 1990 and the United States in 1992.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Volodin, Sergei Shoigu, Melissa Parke, Mark Trevelyan, Nick Macfie Organizations: States Arms, West, State Duma, Comprehensive, Washington, Defence, CNN, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, International, Nuclear, Soviet Union, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, United States, Russian, Ukraine, China, India, Pakistan, Korea, Washington, Novaya Zemlya, Stockholm, USA, Soviet Russia

“Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict – by accident, intention, or miscalculation – is a terrible risk. New Construction at Russia's Novaya Zemlya nuclear test site, June 22, 2023. Lop Nur nuclear test site. “The Chinese test site is different than the Russian test site,” Lewis said. Both countries keep their strategic nuclear arsenals on “hair-trigger” alert, meaning that nuclear weapons can be launched on short notice.

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☆ Urși polari înfometați au fost filmați în Siberia în timp ce aleargă agățați de o mașină de gunoi // VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-11 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: captură videoUrși polari înfometați au fost filmați în Siberia în timp ce aleargă agățați de o mașină de gunoi // VIDEOPatru urși polari au fost filmați în Siberia în timp ce alergau după o mașină de gunoi, în căutare de hrană, conform The Siberian Times, care a publicat clipul video pe Twitter. Unul dintre urși poate fi văzut cum se ridică pe două picioare și se prinde de mașina de gunoi înainte ca aceasta să prindă viteză. După o goană de mai multe zeci de secunde după mașină, unul dintre urși reușește să se agațe din nou de mașina de gunoi, scrie Digi24. Nu este primul astfel de clip cu urși polari înfometați. Anul trecut, un urs extrem de slab și înfometat a fost filmat în apropierea unui oraș siberian.

Persons: Viktor Nikiforov pic.twitter.com Organizations: Times, Siberian Times Locations: Siberia

Doar două persoane au fost salvate în timpul operațiunii de căutare, care a fost îngreunată de condițiile meteorologice nefavorabile. Potrivit agențiilor de știri rusești, există puține speranțe de a mai găsi supraviețuitori din cauza vântului puternic și a temperaturilor scăzute. Este practic imposibil ca persoanele să reziste chiar și cu costumele umede", susțin oficialii care se ocupă de caz. Nava cu pavilion rus, care funcționase din 1979, s-a scufundat atât de repede încât echipajul nu a avut timp să își activeze plute de salvare. „Dezastrul a avut loc în timpul unei furtuni puternice, atunci când echipajul a tras o plasă cu captura de pește.

Persons: Salvatorii Locations: Onega, Barents

☆ 17 persoane au dispărut în apele înghețate, după ce o navă rusească s-a scufundat în Marea Barents
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Doar două persoane au fost salvate în timpul operațiunii de căutare, care a fost îngreunată de condițiile meteorologice nefavorabile. „După ce vasul de pescari s-a scufundat, 19 persoane au ajuns în apă", a declarat Comitetul de anchetă, care cercetează condițiile în care a avut loc incidentul. Potrivit agențiilor de știri rusești, există puține speranțe de a mai găsi supraviețuitori din cauza vântului puternic și a temperaturilor scăzute. Nava cu pavilion rus, care funcționase din 1979, s-a scufundat atât de repede încât echipajul nu a avut timp să își activeze plute de salvare. „Dezastrul a avut loc în timpul unei furtuni puternice, atunci când echipajul a tras o plasă cu captura de pește.

Persons: Salvatorii Locations: Onega, Barents

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