Chernobyl: Russia to create own collection about nuclear catastrophe after HBO criticism

A Russian television community is developing its own interpretation of the Chernobyl disaster following some criticism of HBO's sequence, which stars Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgard.

NTV, a station wide-spread for pro-Kremlin programming, has reportedly commissioned a sequence it's being partially financed by means of the tradition ministry.

whereas the HBO series Chernobyl become frequently neatly-received in Russia, it was criticised by way of some native viewers and media for perceived inaccuracies.

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predominant photography on the Russian sequence changed into completed closing yr in Belarus and it is at present in submit-creation, based on the Hollywood Reporter.

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Few details were printed, however seems that the collection will attempt to paint the CIA as being accountable for the nuclear disaster, and learn from the perspective of a bunch of Soviet KGB tasked with uncovering an agent stationed at the plant.

An air date for the collection has not yet been introduced.

in the UK, HBO's Chernobyl miniseries has obtained close-unanimous acclaim from critics.

The independent's critic Ed Cumming wrote of the first episode: "[It] manages to be both weighty and gripping. Given the distinctive relocating parts, with motion scenes at the reactor alternating with Soviet committee discussions about how a lot of the fact to display, it's fantastic that this feels so coherent, the disparate facets held in area with the aid of a spare and oddly attractive aesthetic."