
Russia rebuffs US notion of taking over embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Days after the Trump administration floated the idea of assuming control of Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as part of the nascent pea...
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Publish date: February 23, 2024
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In solidarity with 290 other European, international and Ukrainian NGOs, Bellona says there is a clear need to ban Russian LNG exports and to close all loopholes in existing sanctions that allow Russia’s fossil fuels to slip into Europe’s energy stream.
Indeed, a Bellona analysis has found that EU countries have continued to actively import Russian fossil fuels throughout the war, placing the bloc among Russia’s biggest customers. Russia’s main gas producing giant Gazprom is also a major contributor of methane at its extraction points, contributing to ongoing warming of the planet, Bellona has reported.
In such circumstances, say the signatories of the letter, it’s clear that what Russia is making on its fossil fuel exports dwarfs the ever-dwindling support for Ukraine coming from the EU and the G7. It is therefore paramount to stop aiding Russia’s war complex through continued fossil fuel imports to the West.
In solidarity with the Ukrainian people, civil society groups demand the G7 and EU to:
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