Denys Shmyhal, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, turned to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with an appeal to impose sanctions against the Russian corporation Rosatom.

Source: Shmyhal during a joint briefing with Rafael Grossi, the IAEA Director General

Shmyhal has appealed to Grossi to impose sanctions on Rosatom, one of the biggest Russian state corporations, which still manages to avoid Western sanctions. Therefore, Shmyhal called for the restriction of Russia’s rights and privileges at the IAEA and the termination of cooperation with the aggressor in the nuclear sector.

He recalled that Rosatom makes nearly US$9 billion annually by selling raw uranium, providing services for its enrichment, and building nuclear power plants. Shmyhal is convinced that "the majority of the received revenue will be spent on financing the war and the missiles that kill civilians and put the entire civilised world in nuclear danger."

In total, the company’s portfolio of foreign orders is worth US$200 billion.

"We continue to insist on restricting Russia’s rights and privileges at the IAEA and terminating cooperation with Russia in the nuclear sector. Therefore, we call upon the IAEA members and our other partners to support this initiative," the Ukrainian PM summed up.

The sanctions against the Russian nuclear power sector are one of the key sanctions of 2023. Read more on that in the article: "This is only the beginning." Have we seen the best of the sanctions against Russia?

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