If 'Chernobyl' was made by Russians

It's clear to most Russian viewers, though, that the HBO production is not some kind of American propaganda effort

“Chernobyl,” the HBO mini-series that ends on Monday in the US, isn’t easy to watch as someone who lived in the Soviet Union in 1986 and who has since visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone. But, like many of my compatriots, I’m watching it — and thinking it should have been made in Russia, Ukraine or Belarus, not by an American entertainment channel.
 
There are two reasons for this. One is authenticity — despite a valiant attempt at it, the series falls short. But the other, more important reason is that this kind of harsh sermon on the importance of