US imposes sanctions on Russian entity running occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
www.pravda.com.ua
Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:43:38 +0200
The US Department of the Treasury has added Russias Federal State Unitary Enterprise Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant NPP to the sanctions list.
This entity was established by Russia at the Ukrainian NPP in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Source an update to the US Department of the Treasury sanctions list Details The sanctions list now also includes the companys CEO, Vladislav Isaev, who has been in office since April 2024.
In October 2022, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree establishing the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Zaporizhzhia NPP at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant seized by Russian forces.
The Russian company was established following an order by Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin, which declared the facilities of the Zaporizhzhia NPP as the property of the Russian federal government.
Background Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia NPP on 4 March 2022, and since then, they have consistently attacked the facility, posing a significant risk of a nuclear disaster.
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