solarwinds
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Comment · 11 months ago
Yeah, another hot take from some guy who has no clue what he's talking about.
To this day Kazakhstan pays out monthly monetary compensations to people whose health was negatively affected by the nuclear tests on the Semipalatinsk nuclear polygon. Several people I know personally receive these compensations.
https://egov.kz/cms/en/news/nuclear_tests
https://egov.kz/cms/en/services/family_support/pass035_mtszn
Most development was done in Russia (disregard tales sold to the West about them supposedly being a Czech company, they were Czech mostly in the name, real work happened elsewhere). Exited Russia in the beginning of 2022, leaving many talented people behind: not everyone wanted or could leave because of families, obligations, personal beliefs.
Remembering where most of JB's money was coming from, can't really say they had a choice.