The administration has now deleted its statement online about the spike. The BBC asked officials there why, and they said "because this incident comes under the authority of the defence ministry".
Nothing to see here, move along, there is no problem with the Chernobyl reactor.
Do the Russians actually believe anybody believes a word they say?
Or is the western world so weak that we can't hold them to account for any of their actions in the Crimea, Syria, Iran, CAR?