Balancing competitiveness and climate objectives: Bellona Europa’s insights on the Draghi Report
Introduction Competitiveness has been the dominating topic in EU political discussions in recent months and is set to be a key focus of the upcomi...
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Publish date: July 6, 1998
Written by: Thomas Nilsen
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I don’t think the St. Petersburg City Court has even one suicidal judge who would have the courage not only to render a (guilty) verdict, but even to start hearings in this case. This case must be dropped, Shmidt said at a press conference at the National Press Institute in St. Petersburg recently. He underline that the City Court is under strong pressure by the FSB, and they (FSB) will not allow Nikitin to receive a fair trial.
Nikitin and his legal team have applied to the City Court chairman, Vladimir Poludnyakov, earlier this month to halt the case pending a decision from the Supreme Court in Moscow whether the case should be heardbefore the higher court.
Nikitin’s supporters worldwide are following the latest developments in the case closely. Vice President Al Gore stated in a letterto Congressman David Skaggs that he remains committed to seeing the case of AleksandrNikitin through to a satisfactory resolution. Gore will meet with Russia’s Prime Minister Sergey Kiriyenko in Moscow on July 24.
San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown proclaimed June 25 to be Aleksandr Nikitin Day in San Francisco. Last year the town councilof the Dutch City Nijmegen stated their support for Nikitin.
Introduction Competitiveness has been the dominating topic in EU political discussions in recent months and is set to be a key focus of the upcomi...
Russia is a world leader in the construction of nuclear power plants abroad. Despite the sanctions pressure on Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its nuclear industry has remained virtually untouched.
Today, the Bellona Foundation is launching the establishment of the Center for Marine Restoration in Kabelvåg, Lofoten. At the same time, collaboration agreements related to the center were signed with Norrøna, the University of Tromsø, the Lofoten Council and Blue Harvest Technologies
To ensure that Germany achieves its goal of climate neutrality by 2045, negative emissions are necessary, as depicted in the global IPCC scenarios.