OLENA ROSCHINA — TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER 2022, 18:36
In a meeting with Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that everything related to nuclear activities is overly politicized.
Source: Russian state news agency RIA Novosti
Quote from Putin: “Of course we see that today there are elements of an excessive and dangerous politicization of everything related to nuclear activities.
We very much count on your efforts to reduce the rhetoric in this regard and to bring this area of our activity and cooperation back to normal, despite all the turbulence and complex processes in the world arena.”
Background:
At the beginning of the all-out war against Ukraine, the Russian army seized the Chernobyl and Zaporizhia nuclear power plants; The Russian military remains at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant [ZNPP] already, striking from the equipment used there.
On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree giving Russian ownership of the facilities of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and other assets essential to its operation.
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