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April 26 will become the Day of Participants in Clean-up of Nuclear Accidents and Disasters and of Memory of their Victims

April 4, 2012

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 1.1 of the Federal Law On Days of Military Glory and Commemorative Dates in Russia, and Declaring Null and Void the Resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation On Establishing a Day of Memory of the Victims of Nuclear Accidents and Disasters.

The Federal Law sets a new commemorative date in Russia: April 26 – Day of Participants in the Clean-up of Nuclear Accidents and Disasters and of Memory of their Victims.

The establishment of this new date will immortalise the memory of the victims of nuclear accidents and disasters and pay tribute to living participants in their clean-up.

April 4, 2012