“To join the protests is frightening, not to join is shameful.”


Evgenia Ivanova is a researcher and an activist from Belarus.
“To join the protests is frightening, not to join is shameful.”

The fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion remains as politicised as ever, 28 years on.
![Ukrainians hold lit candles commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Kiev [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201442672258528734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Nine years after the start of the Orange Revolution, its influence is still significant.
![Although the revolutionary momentum has slowed down in Ukraine, the effects of the Orange Revolution persist in the region [Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013112114842936734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)