Daria Malling

On June 15th, LibMod organized a Round Table on the prospects of a German-Ukrainian biomethane coop­er­a­tion where the repre­sen­ta­tives from politics and business as well as experts from both countries discussed the potential of biomethane produc­tion in Ukraine, its role in facil­i­tating a green tran­si­tion, and economic and legisla­tive chal­lenges for the trade development.

While the Western countries have intro­duced unprece­dented sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, its nuclear industry, repre­sented by the state-owned nuclear energy monop­o­list Rosatom, remains an exception in the sanction policy of the EU and G7. Despite its role in seizing the occupied Zapor­izhzhia nuclear power plant and virtually black­mailing Europe, Rosatom seems to be protected from the sanctions, as many countries are still dependent on the Russian nuclear industry.

Der russische Kernen­ergiemo­nop­o­list Rosatom scheint von Sank­tionen verschont zu bleiben – trotz seiner Rolle bei der Besetzung des Kernkraftwerks Sapor­ischschja und der faktis­chen Erpres­sung Europas. Wie die Lage in Sapor­ischschja und anderen AKWs in der Ukraine ist, welche Sank­tionen gegen Rosatom verhängt werden sollten und wie sich der Westen von der russis­chen Atom­in­dus­trie unab­hängig machen kann – darüber disku­tierten bei LibMod am 27. April Anton Hofreiter, Victoria Voit­sitska und Rebecca Harms.