"Rosatom" and 199 companies: Zelensky imposed sanctions against the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation

The restriction, as stated in the Presidential Decree, has been introduced for 50 years. Among the sanctions are the blocking of assets, the ban on any trading operations, licensing licenses and more. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky provided the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on sanctions against the nuclear industry of Russia. 200 Russian companies came under the restriction. And the first in the list of the State Corporation "Rosatom" and its branch.

Zelensky stated this in his evening address on February 5, 2023. The corresponding decree with a full list of Russian companies that came under sanctions was published on the website of the Presidential Office. In his address, Zelensky noted that this is not the last decision about this industry. "The meaning of our steps is also to support the efforts of our diplomats to expand global sanctions on this part of the Russian aggression machine," the President of Ukraine said.

He stressed that Russia is the only state in the world that allows its military to fire nuclear power plants and use NPPs as a cover for shelling. "The terrorist state uses the nuclear industry as one of the elements of external expansion. For pressure on other countries. For the corresponding threats of sovereignty of other countries. All these are sufficient reasons for Russia's nuclear branch under global sanctions. We are working on this with our partners ", - said President Zelensky.

The full list of two hundred companies was published on the website of the Presidential Office, as well as Decree No. 57/2023 "On the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of February 5, 2023" On the application and amendments to personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions) ". The document states that sanctions have been imposed on 50 years.

It is a Russian State Corporation on Rosatom Atomic Energy, its subsidiaries, a number of institutes and research centers, factories and so on. The full list can be found here. Among the restrictions: termination of trade agreements, locking assets, ban on any trade operations, revocation of licenses, etc.

Recall that Rosatom is a state-owned Russian company, which includes all civilian nuclear companies of Russia, nuclear weapons companies, scientific and scientific companies Research organizations, as well as atomic icebreaker. "Rosatom" manages the nuclear power plants of the Russian Federation. Sergey Kiriyenko, who is now the chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rosatom, hired years. Kiriyenko is under the sanctions of the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and the EU.