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Publish date: February 4, 1999
Written by: Runar Forseth
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Despite a ruling which will once again curtail his freedoms, Nititin was stoic in the grim Moscow courtroom.
"I expected this result," Nikitin said, his voice choked with emotion.
"The problem is that the continued investigation could last forever. I have to think through how I can maintain my mental stamina."
Yury Schmidt, defence leader, said they received the expected result. "The Judge was not courageous enough to make a final decision." Prompted by reporters, Schmidt confirmed that he beleives the court’s decision was influenced by the FSB. "They will not give this case up, it seems," he said.
FSB still without a case
As Schmidt said yesterday, none of the possible three outcomes would mean defeat. It stands that the FSB has not been able to convince any court that they have evidence to convict Aleksandr Nikitin.
Nikitin faces what could be a never-ending effort by the hapless FSB at constructing an indictment. "I’m sorry to live in an undemocratic state," he said.
"As long as Russia, probably as the only country in the world, has the opportunity to send cases back for further investigation, the judges will do this to avoid having to make decisions," co-defender Gery Reznik commented.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.