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Gusmanov's Story
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Other testimonies
- Ramzis
- Ramzis Fayzullin was born disabled. Ramses writes to the Russian Prime
Minister about radioactive contamination near Mayak - he hasn't received
a reply.
(462 Kb)
- Kostia
- Kostia has Down's Syndrome and had to have his fingers separated at
birth. His mother swam in the radioactively contaminated Techa River when
she was young.
(421 Kb)
- Luba at the Kindergarten
- Luba teaches at the kindergarten, due to illness there is never full
attendance. Her own daughter, Regina, is in urgent need of a heart operation
abroad.
(410 Kb)
Journalist, Antoinette De Jong, conducted the
above interviews on a visit to the Mayak region in September 2001.
Antoinette De Jong has had her articles published widely in the European media.
In Holland she works for Marie Claire, weekly magazine Nieuwe Revu and daily
newspapers Trouw and Metro. She also works for The Radio Netherlands World
Service and VPRO-radio. She has visited Afghanistan regularly since 1993 and
has worked in Somalia, Iraq, Bosnia and Cambodia, specifically reporting on
humanitarian issues.
