The restrictions were introduced for a period of 50 years, as outlined in the presidential decree. Sanctions include blocking assets, banning any commercial activity, revoking licenses, etc.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky enacted the National Security and Defense Council’s resolution on sanctions against Russia’s nuclear industry. 200 Russian companies came under restrictions. The first person on the list is the state company Rosatom and its branches. Zelensky stated this in his speech on the evening of February 5, 2023.
The relevant decree containing the full list of Russian companies subject to sanctions was published on the Presidency’s website.
Zelensky noted in his speech that this is not the final decision regarding this sector.
“The meaning of our steps is to support the efforts of our diplomats to expand global sanctions against this part of the Russian aggression machine,” said the President of Ukraine.
He stressed that Russia is the only state in the world that allows its military to bomb nuclear power plants and use nuclear power plants as protection for bombing.
“A terrorist state uses the nuclear branch as one of the elements of expansion. To put pressure on other countries. For threats to the sovereignty of other states. All these are reasons enough for Russia’s nuclear industry to be under global sanctions. We are working,” he said.
The full list of two hundred companies and the Decree No. 57/2023 “On the Decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated February 5, 2023″ were published on the website of the Presidency. and modification of personal private economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)”.
The document says the sanctions were implemented for a period of 50 years. The Russian state atomic energy company Rosatom, its subsidiaries, a number of institutes and research centers, factories, etc. The full list can be found here.
Restrictions include termination of trade agreements, freezing of assets, banning of all trades, cancellation of licenses, etc. includes.
Recall that the Rosatom company is a state-owned Russian company, which includes all civil nuclear companies in Russia, enterprises of the nuclear weapons complex, research organizations, as well as a fleet of nuclear icebreakers. Rosatom manages nuclear power plants in the Russian Federation.
The position of General Manager was held for 11 years by Sergey Kiriyenko, who is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rosatom State Corporation. Kiriyenko is under US, UK, Japan and EU sanctions. It is connected with the poisoning of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Kiriyenko is also a confidant of Vladimir Putin. It is he who is considered the author of the idea of destroying the energy sector of Ukraine.
Source: Focus
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