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EDITORIAL: Ukraine's announcement that it will close the still operating Chernobyl nuclear power station by the year 2000 should be both applauded and supported.
A black day for journalism or a a sign of things to come? (Cartoon by Victor Bogorad): Fascism, check-book journalism and the presidential election campaign walked into the offices of the St Petersburg Press last week all rolled into one man.
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