Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, October 2024
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The first day of the trial
Publish date: October 20, 1998
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The first day of the trial
1998-10-20 12:00
The first day of the trial
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Uniformed and armed guards appeared to keep the proceedings safelybehind closed doors shortly after the judge had made his desicion. |
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Prosecutor Gutsan |
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Gutsan and Schmidt meeting the press in the first break, while thejudges were making their desicion on whether to allow the public tofollow the proceedings. |
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From Bellona’s observers’ center, next door to the court |
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Two FSB agents entering the court |
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Bellona Nuclear Digest. October 2024
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Putin leaves Kazakhstan without deal to build nuclear plant
A visit last week by Vladimir Putin and a Kremlin entourage to Astana, Kazakhstan sought in part to put Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, on good footing with local officials.
Moscow snips last ties to cooperative nuclear cleanup agreement with West
Russia is formally withdrawing from a landmark environmental agreement that channeled billions in international funding to secure the Soviet nuclear legacy, leaving undone some of the most radioactively dangerous projects and burning one more bridge of potential cooperation with the West.