Green Gorbachev

The Daily Times from Pakistan is currently running an article written by Mikhail Gorbachev about his views on the Chernobyl accident. He blames Chernobyl for the fall of the Soviet Union, but denies that it had anything to do with Russia stepping out of the arms race. He also defends the USSR, saying that they did not try to hide the accident, they merely underestimated it. He also appears to have take a decidedly green stance in - what he refers to as - this "post-Chernobyl" world:

The 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe reminds us that we should not forget the horrible lesson taught to the world in 1986. We should do everything in our power to make all nuclear facilities safe and secure. We should also start seriously working on the production of the alternative sources of energy.