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Daily Mirror
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Liam Buckler

Russians face slow death from radiation poisoning after digging trenches at Chernobyl

Hundreds of Russians who have been forced to dig trenches at the Chernobyl site face a horrible death after being exposed to radiation, it has been claimed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his own troops to work in Chernobyl - one of the most deadly and contaminated places in the world.

The result of being exposed to nuclear radiation is the likelihood of having life-threatening cancer as one expert said: “Putin’s commanders might as well have ordered these men to dig their own graves.”

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