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Publish date: December 9, 1999
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Russia may come out of START-I arms reduction treaty if the talks over the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty with the U.S. lead nowhere, Russian agency APN reported quoting the Commander of the Russian Strategic Forces Vladimir Yakovlev. The present Russian State Duma, lower house of the Russian parliament, failed to ratify the START-II Treaty signed in January 1993. Earlier this month, Vladimir Lukin, chairman of the Duma committee for foreign affairs, said the next State Duma would be more rational and ratify the treaty. But he stressed that no amendments should be introduced to the ABM Treaty.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.