Nuclear weapons and technologies are Moscow’s main instrumentfor deterring Western countries from increasing military supportfor Ukraine, and, on the contrary, to put pressure on Russia itself, as well as from giving Kyiv permission to attack military targetson enemy territory with Western weapons.
The world community is trying to prevent Russia from using missiles with nuclear warheads, while at the same time ignoringRussian Trojan horse – Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation. For Moscow, Rosatom is an international platform for blackmail, espionage, and plunder of foreign mineral resources.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale military aggression inUkraine, sanctions have been imposed on contractors andbranches, but not on Rosatom itself. This is primarily due to thefact that 18 % of EU reactors are built according to the Russianprojects and use Russian fuel, namely in Bulgaria, the CzechRepublic, Finland, Hungary and Slovakia.
The EU’s dependence on Rosatom is like its dependence onRussian hydrocarbons. However, the EU has succeeded to diversify the supplies of hydrocarbons, but not to say goodbye toRosatom’s fuel and technology. The argument is the enormouslosses and potential setback in the entire industry.
In fact, delaying in this may turn out to be a strategic mistake, which would take years and money to deal with its consequences, no cheaper than the decision to diversify supplies in order tocompletely abandon Rosatom in the future.
The security and stability of the region should be the top priority for the EU countries in its foreign policy. To flirt and make a dealwith the Russian nuclear corporation is to finance internationalterrorism, espionage, sabotage, subversive and military activitiesof the Kremlin. Russia’s threats of nuclear escalation, itsblackmail of creating a man-made disaster at the Zaporizhzhia NPP should not prevent the Western coalition from deterring Russian aggression in the world, as this directly affects thepromotion of Moscow’s beneficial narratives about theimpossibility of Russia’s defeat.
