Habeck demands sanctions for buyers of Russian uranium
Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to advocate sanctions against countries that purchase uranium from Russia despite the war in Ukraine. During his talks on this topic in Ukraine, the main topic was “the delivery of uranium for nuclear fuel rods to Europe from Russia,” said the Vice Chancellor on the way back from his two-day visit to Kiev.
Habeck said he was asked by Ukrainian interlocutors why the purchase of Russian uranium was still not sanctioned. “And I don’t think there’s a good answer to that.” But it has to happen at some point, “even if it means a change for the countries that still use Russian uranium in their nuclear power plants. But that seems reasonable to me, so I will work for it”.
Habeck also insisted again on more consistent enforcement of existing sanctions against Russia. “We have clear data that the existing sanctions are being circumvented via third countries,” said the Green politician. “This is in no way acceptable, it must also be clear to everyone that this is not a game of hide-and-seek or a trivial offence, but this is about the sanctions that are supposed to help end the war in the end, and who bypassing it undermines those very efforts.”