Germany supported sanctions against the Russian nuclear sector

The German Economy Minister explained that nuclear technology is an extremely sensitive area, and the fact that Russia's nuclear sector is still not under sanctions"can't be justified"

The German Ministry of Economy has supported the inclusion of the Russian nuclear sector in the 11th package of EU sanctions, Reuters reports, citing a statement from the department.

“The federal government has turned to the European Commission, advocating the inclusion of [Russia's] civilian nuclear sector in the sanctions package. This should be part of the next package of sanctions.

Economics Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany Robert Habeck explained that the fact that Russia's nuclear sector is still granted preferential treatment under sanctions "cannot be justified." According to him, nuclear technology is an extremely sensitive area, so there can be no “business as usual” in this area.

The last, tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia was agreed on February 25. Then 96 organizations, as well as bitumen and rubber , fell under the restrictions . MEPs interviewed by Izvestia did not previously rule out that the 11th package of EU sanctions could be introduced as early as April.

Khabek in early April called for sanctions against countries that receive uranium from Russia. The head of the German Ministry of Economy noted that during his visit to Kiev, the Ukrainian side asked him why the import of Russian uranium is still not under sanctions. “I don't think there is a good answer to that. However, this (restrictions. -) must happen at some point, ”he said then.

According to Reuters, in addition to Ukraine, the initiators of sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry are Poland and the Baltic countries. Bloomberg previously wrote that the countries of Eastern Europe, which are still buying Russian enriched uranium for their nuclear power plants, are looking for new suppliers, among which is the Kazakh state-owned uranium mining company Kazatomprom.

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Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, previously called possible EU sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry dubious. Hungary opposed the introduction of such sanctions, in particular, last fall.

Before the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Russia was one of the main suppliers of uranium to the United States , as well as to the former Soviet republics in what is now the European Union. However, since February last year, Moscow stopped publishing customs foreign trade statistics.

Enriched uranium is exported from Russia by Rosatom's foreign trade company Techsnabexport (trademark TENEX). At present, Rosatom has projects for the construction of 34 NPP units in 12 countries of the world.

Last May, the head of the state corporation, Alexei Likhachev, reported to the head of state that Russia had taken second place in uranium mining in the world, confidently holds first place in enrichment and conversion, and is steadily among the top three in fuel fabrication.