US EditionFrance arrests activists blocking ship over alleged Russia uranium links
Around 20 protesters blocked the ship carrying Russian uranium to halt EDF's controversial $700 million deal with Rosatom, prompting four arrests and ending the blockade.
- Greenpeace activists blocked a Russian ship carrying uranium in France, with around 20 protestors arrested.
- France has a contract with Russia's Rosatom to send nuclear waste for reprocessing despite the Ukraine war.
- Greenpeace alleges France still imports enriched uranium from Russia, indirectly fueling Putin's war machine.
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French police arrest activists blocking ship allegedly transporting uranium from Russia
An analysis of tracking data shows that the ship in question has made more than 20 round trips between France's port in Dunkirk and Russian ports since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.
Four activists were taken into custody after this action, which stopped the ship for five hours. "This trade that indirectly feeds Putin's war must stop," Greenpeace France hammered in a press release.
Environmental NGOs suspect the shipment of uranium from Russia for the French nuclear sector. Since 2022, Greenpeace regularly denounces the continuation of contracts linking the French nuclear industry with Russia.
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France arrests activists blocking ship over alleged Russia uranium links
Police arrested four Greenpeace activists on Monday for blocking a cargo ship in France that they alleged was transporting uranium from Russia for the country's nuclear power plants.
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The environmental NGO suspects that the ship's cargasion is uranium from Russia for the French nuclear sector.
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