Of nuclear subs and basking sharks

摘要

Alexandr nikitin is surely one of the heroes of our times. A retired Russian submarine commander, he risked all to tell the West how the former nuclear-powered northern fleet in the Russian Arctic disposed of its nuclear wastes (Thistle Diary, 8 June, p 51). Nikitin apparently faced a treason charge, which carries the penalty of death if proved. So I asked Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind what the West was doing about the situation.