Greenpeace Stops Russian LNG at Swedish Port

Greenpeace urged the Swedish government to immediately halt Russian LNG imports.

Greenpeace activists prevented the Coral Energy from unloading its cargo of Russian fossil gas at an LNG terminal in Nynäshamn, south of Stockholm, Sweden.

The climbers occupied the cranes that discharged the gas from the ship. Greenpeace sailing vessel SY Witness and activists in canoes worked to prevent the vessel from berthing.

Karolina Carlsson, campaign leader for Greenpeace Nordic, said: “It is unacceptable that Russian fossil gas is still allowed to flow into Sweden six months after Putin began invading Ukraine. Parliament gave the Swedish government a clear mandate to stop all imports of Russian energy into Sweden. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is obliged to act on this issue.” said.

According to AIS vessel data, the tanker approached the Nynashamn terminal early on Thursday but turned around and left again around 0800 GMT.

“The ship is still there and waiting to arrive safely in port. The local police are there to take care of it,” he said.

According to Greepeace, Finnish state-owned Gasum regularly imports some of its gas from Russia’s Gazprom and from Novatek, owned by oligarchs in Russian Vysotsk, to Sweden and Finland, and this is sometimes directly, but more recently, gas first. it is done through a more complex arrangement where it is transferred to other ships at sea.

“I am extremely grateful for all the support Sweden has given Ukraine for my country in these dark times,” says Nadia Shevchenko, a Ukrainian journalist aboard the Greenpeace sailing ship Witness. “At the same time, I don’t understand how the Swedish government can support Ukraine on the one hand and finance Putin’s invasion and abuse of the Ukrainian people on the other by allowing this import of Russian gas to continue,” he said.