“Uranium deposits near Mariupol, that’s where the Kremlin will target,” ex-vice president of Energoatom
The rapid deployment of the CSTO contingent to Kazakhstan is explained by Moscow’s desire to maintain uranium deposits in this former Soviet republic under its control.
Verkhovna Rada deputy from European Solidarity Vladimir Ariev wrote about this on his Facebook page, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“On January 1, the European Commission began the process of recognizing nuclear energy as environmental. This means that in the European Union it becomes a priority after the final decision.
In Kazakhstan, which accounts for more than 40% of the world's uranium reserves mined by Kazatomprom, protests begin on January 2. Already on January 4, they develop into pogroms and looting, which many of the witnesses write about as inspired from the outside, as if someone turned them on as if on command,” points out Aryev.
He added that after the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to Kazakhstan on January 6, uranium rose in price by 8%, and this is not the ceiling.
“Putin will do everything not to let Europe out of its energy clutches. By the way, Ukraine accounts for 2% of world uranium production - the most in Europe. Draw your own conclusions,” concluded the Ukrainian deputy.
His idea is developed by the former vice-president of Energoatom, Alexander Kovtunenko.
“In the IAEA Red Book, Ukraine has 20% of the world’s uranium ore deposits... One of the largest deposits is near Marik, which is where the Kremlin will be targeting,” he comments.
Kovtunenko recalls that Russia has already “squeezed out” “12 trillion cubic meters of gas on the Crimean shelves.”
He also points out that at one time it was in the Donbass that Shell was going to begin shale gas production.
“Energy wars will take everything away from the weakling... In the Russian Federation there is not enough uranium ore for industrial mining for military purposes,” Kovtunenko fears.
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