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Vodka produced in the abandoned zone at Chernobyl has been labelled a “propaganda exercise” by a victims’ charity.

statement from Atomik's manufacturer, The Chernobyl Spirit Company. "It seems that they are accusing us of using forged Ukrainian excise stamps, but this doesn't make sense since the bottles are for the U.K. market and are clearly labelled with valid U.K. excise stamps," Jim Smith, founder of the company and a professor at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K., said in the statement. Elina Smirnova, a lawyer representing the company, added that the seizure was a "clear violation" of Ukrainian law. If Atomik does make its way onto shelves, it will be the first consumer product from the Cher...

But according to a statement by The Chernobyl Spirit Company, before the first run of this unique beverage was offered for sale, it was seized by Ukrainian Secret Services agents for unexplained reasons. The 1,500-bottle batch was enroute to the UK when it was snatched by officials in March and taken to the Kyiv Prosecutor's office. Credit: The Chernobyl Spirit Company "It seems that they are accusing us of using forged Ukrainian excise stamps, but this doesn't make sense since the bottles are for the U.K. market and are clearly labelled with valid U.K. excise stamps," Jim Smith, founder of t...

Alcohol Made Using Contaminated Apples from Chernobyl Is Heading to the UK Well, it was. Until Ukrainian Secret Services seized and confiscated the first batch en-route Yuri KozyrevGetty Images It's been 25 years since the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl became the largest man-made disaster in world history. After years spent studying the abandoned land in the exclusion zone and surrounding areas, a team of scientists have produced an artisanal spirit called Atomik, made using fruit grown and harvested in the disaster zone. Led by University of Portsmouth professor Jim Smith, the team sourced ...

Photo: Sergei Supinsky/AFP (Getty Images) April marked the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster—a solemn, terrifying occasion made even more severe by its overlap with another deadly, global microscopic crisis. And while tourists and researchers are now permitted to visit the 1000-square mile Exclusion Zone (including the nuclear plant’s actual control room) on certain conditions, many still stigmatize the area, with unfortunately economic reverberations echoing throughout the region. Advertisement Last week, the first, 1500 bottle batch of ATOMIK—a vodka made with apples farmed ...