CDMMUNISM, Lenin said, was "Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country". His country is long gone, but rows over electricity still echo in its former territories. Lithuania is furious about two Russian-financed nuclear-power plants on its borders, one under construction in Kaliningrad, the other due to be approved soon in Belarus (see map). The foremost worry, on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, is safety. The Lithuanians insist that the planned plants do not meet international standards and that consultation has been slipshod. "We didn't get proper answers or a proper discussion," complains the prime minister, Andrius Kubilius. The site of the plant in Belarus, 40km (25 miles) upriver from Vilnius, is a particular concern.
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