The Chernobyl disaster, more than anything else, opened the possibility of much greater freedom of expression, to the point that the system as we knew it could no longer continue. It made absolutely clear how important it was to continue the policy of glasnost, and I must say that I started to think about time in terms of pre-Chernobyl and post-Chernobyl.
切尔诺贝利事故要比其他任何事情都要更加开启了更大言论自由的可能，以至于我们所认识的体制难以为继。这一事故彻底表明继续开放性政策的重要性，而且我必须说我开始用切尔诺贝利前后的观点来思考时代了。