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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.
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.