[HIGHLIGHTS] Loaded with uranium: Russian freighter arrested in Germany

Loaded with uranium: Russian freighter arrested in Germany. Leaving the port is therefore prohibited,’ said the Rostock Port and Seaman’s Office.

The ship was on its way to the USA and was loaded with, among other things, birch wood and enriched uranium for US nuclear power plants. Uranium, however, is not sanctioned. While the EU has sanctioned timber products from Russia, the US continues to import these goods, worth $2 billion since the attack on Ukraine.