Russian President Putin Insists There Is ‘No Nuclear Threat’ From Missile Test Blast Early This Month

Daily Mail: Putin insists there is ‘no threat’ from missile test blast after it emerges that two Russian bases monitoring radiation went silent for days amid fears of Chernobyl-style cover-up

* Russian president attempted to quash radiation fears after blast at Russian base
* Explosion on August 8 is thought to have involved nuclear missile and killed five
* Kremlin refused to give details, saying that it involved 'isotope power source'
* It has since been revealed that two stations which monitor radiation close to the explosion site went offline two days afterwards
* Experts believe it is part of a concerted cover-up campaign by the Russian state

Vladimir Putin has insisted there is 'no threat' of contamination after an explosion at a Russian missile testing site last week sparked panic of a Chernobyl-style catastrophe.

Two research stations that monitor radiation levels went silent in the days after a suspected nuclear missile explosion on August 8, prompting fears of a cover-up.

'There is no threat and no rise in the radiation level there,' the Russian president said at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron.

He added: 'We sent experts there and they are controlling the situation now. Preventative measures are taken so nothing unexpected happens.'

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Update #1: Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat (AP)
Update #2: Kremlin says no cause for alarm after nuclear sensors go offline (Reuters)

WNU Editor: If there is one thing that Russians have learned while living under Communism is that when the leadership says there is nothing to worry about while making sure that no outside observers or independent groups can verify what the government is saying, that is when you have to worry. In this case it is obvious that a serious nuclear accident occurred that killed a number of people, and made an even larger number sick. What is not known is how large is the contaminated area, and will it spread. The fact that nuclear monitoring centers went offline during this incident is also raising questions. Bottom line. The Russian nature is to always assume the worse, and in the case everyone is thinking Chernobyl.