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Mikhail Gorbachev says he plans to watch HBO's Chernobyl
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Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who was in power during the 1986 nuclear disaster, was asked on Russian radio if he had watched the five-part miniseries. "No, I have not. But I will definitely try to watch it," the 88-year-old Gorbachev said, according to Russian government-owned Russia Today.
TOPICS: Chernobyl, HBO, Mikhail Gorbachev
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