US EditionFrance Still Imports Russian Uranium Despite War, as EU Sanctions Skip Nuclear Fuel
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Almost four years since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the international environmental organization Greenpeace in a new report condemns the continuation of the nuclear energy trade between France and Russia, a sector that is not affected by European sanctions against Russia.
France Still Imports Russian Uranium Despite War, as EU Sanctions Skip Nuclear Fuel
Trade in uranium between France and Russia has continued for nearly four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine because nuclear fuel has not been targeted by EU sanctions, according to Le Monde on January 28. The outlet said that shipments linked to Russia still arrive in France and that customs data showed nearly half of France’s natural uranium imports between 2022 and September 2025 came from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where it s…
Nearly four years after the invasion of Ukraine, the NGO Greenpeace denounces in a new report published on Wednesday 28 January the continuation of nuclear trade between France and Russia, an area previously spared by international sanctions.
The NGO recalls that neither France nor the EU have "discontinue their commercial relations with Rosatom", the Russian public nuclear giant.
Neither France nor the EU have "discontinue their commercial relations with Rosatom", the Russian public nuclear giant, Greenpeace says, who denounces an area is spared by international sanctions.
Since uranium is still spared by the European Commission's sanctions against Russia, the antinuclear NGO Greenpeace recalls that France remains linked to the Russian group Rosatom.
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