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Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

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Russia

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n publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik

Artyom Borovik

Artyom Genrikhovich Borovik was a prominent Russian journalist and media magnate. He was the son of a Soviet journalist, Genrikh Borovik, who worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in the U.S.-Journalism:...

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According to Vasili Mitrokhin

Vasili Mitrokhin

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, Borovik was a KGB

KGB

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 agent in the United States

United States

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, one of whose successful projects was promotion of false John F. Kennedy assassination theories

John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories

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 through writer Mark Lane

Mark Lane (author)

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. He also wrote a book about famous Soviet spy Kim Philby

Kim Philby

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Borovik was the fourth and the last chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee

Soviet Peace Committee

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, in the years 1987–1991.