The Communists of Russia party has declared HBO's 'Chernobyl' an 'ideological manipulation.'
which the Marxist-Leninist organization calls “demonizing” and an “ideological manipulation” of the events that occurred during the 1986 nuclear disaster.
The basis of the party’s claim is not that the series is untruthful, but rather “the motivation, the actions of the heroes, the order of relationships in institutions and collectives, the moral climate in Soviet society, are an absolute lie.” The party, which considers itself a radical alternative to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, appealed to the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, Russia’s state broadcasting entity, to restrict access to the series and open libel proceedings against the writer, director and producers of the series.
The Communists of Russia, however, aren’t the first to denounce the series. Since its debut in May, the pro-Kremlin media in Russia has kept its criticism on a constant loop, calling
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