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Publish date: June 15, 2007
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Construction had been allowed by order of City Building and Architecture Committee in February of this year. The Prosecutor’s office took Greenpeace’s side, forcing the City Building and Architecture Committee chairman to stop breaking the law. On February 5th, 2007 the very same committee published order no. 122, confirming the temporary bylaw for building gas stations in St. Petersburg, in recreation areas that have city parks, gardens, squares. The order violates the Russian Federation City Building Code and St. Petersburg law on protecting areas of vegetation, since recreation areas are meant strictly for relaxation.
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.