Many people still believe that to be true, even though the Ministry of Russian Federation on Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Conseguences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of Russia) reported this in 1996:

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        "End": 172
    },
    {
        "TypeName": "ORG",
        "Text": "EMERCOM",
        "Start": 174,
        "End": 181
    },
    {
        "TypeName": "LOC",
        "Text": "Russia",
        "Start": 71,
        "End": 77
    }
]