Rosatom must be sanctioned as nuclear arms manufacturer – Finnish MP

Anders Adlercreutz, a Finnish lawmaker, who is a member of Parliament’s Defense Committee, stated this in a commentary to Guildhall, Ukrinform reports.

“Finland terminated its coeration with Rosatom precisely because of its invvement in the Russian nuclear arms industry. In Ukraine Rosatom has been invved in the illegal confiscation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. It is thus directly invved in a war that is a blatant breach of international law,” the pitician said.

“Taking that into account, coeration with Rosatom should not be possible as a result of this and I definitively support sanctioning it. It would be reasonable for EU to flow Finland's example and to impose sanctions based on Rosatom's invvement in Russia’s nuclear arms production,” Anders Adlercreuz summed up.

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It should be recalled that in early May, Finland’s ennovoima terminated the contract with the RAOS Project, a member of Rosatom, for the construction of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant.

Earlier this month, Member of the Eurean Parliament from Hungary, leader of Jobbik party Márton Gyöngyösi said coeration with Rosatom poses a serious threat to Hungary’s security and is unacceptable from a moral standpoint. There should be EU sanctions against Rosatom, while coeration between Hungary and Rosatom in the framework of the construction of the power unit for the Paks nuclear power plant should be stped, he said.

The Ukrainian Center for Defense Reforms's research proved that, in addition to participating in civilian nuclear energy projects, Rosatom is an important component of the Russian military-industrial complex, being engaged in the production and eration of nuclear weapons.