Activists from Greenpeace Nordic have stopped the ship Coral Energy from unloading its cargo of Russian fossil gas at an LNG terminal in Nynäshamn, south of Stockholm, Sweden.
Climbers have occupied the cranes that unload the gas from the ship while Greenpeace sailing vessel SY Witness and activists in kayaks are in the water to prevent the ship from docking. Greenpeace Nordic demands that the Swedish government declare an immediate stop to the import of Russian fossil gas.
“The fact that Russian fossil gas is still allowed to flow into Sweden, more than six months after Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, is unacceptable. The Parliament has given the Swedish government a clear mandate to stop all imports of Russian energy to Sweden and it is Prime minister Magdalena Andersson’s obligation to act on this”, says Karolina Carlsson, campaign leader at Greenpeace Nordic.
Since the war began, Sweden has received around 100.000 cubic meters of liquefied fossil gas (LNG) from Vysotsk in Russia. Despite the fact that the government is fully aware of this, and has a clear mandate from the Swedish people and an announcement from the Parliament to stop importing Russian energy, Sweden continues its imports, and by this to finance the Russian military, Greenpeace said.
