The Russian state-owned nuclear company Rosatom uses a Dutch subsidiary to move hundreds of millions of euros in profits, NOS reports based on the recently published annual report of Amsterdam-based subsidiary Uranium One Coöperatief.
Europe and other Western states are dependent on the Russian uranium sector and have not dared impose sanctions on Rosatom so far. The company is a major producer of enriched uranium, holding a 35 percent world market share, and nuclear energy. It also plays a role in the war by managing the captured nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia.
Through its Dutch subsidiary, Rosatom extracts nuclear raw materials in…