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[Presenter Lyudmyla Dobrovolska] The Party of Greens of Ukraine is calling for an end to nuclear waste transit through Ukrainian territory. This year, 40 tonnes of dangerous waste are to be transported from Bulgaria to Russia for burial. Ukraine, Bulgaria, Moldova and Russia signed a treaty on nuclear waste transit back in 1997. But this problem became pressing for Ukraine only after the Russian State Duma [parliament] approved a law permitting the burial of nuclear waste on Russian territory.

Two containers have already crossed Ukrainian territory, unbeknown to residents of the areas through which they passed. The Greens have called for the treaty to be abolished and for waste transit to be stopped. They are proposing a signature-raising campaign to support this initiative.

[Vitaliy Kononov, captioned as the leader of the Party of Greens of Ukraine, speaking at a news conference] I think we need to treat this in a different way. The situation concerning Bulgarian waste is a test of our civil society. For this reason, I am asking for your support. For our part, we have been collecting signatures of residents living in areas adjacent to those through which we believe waste may be transported.

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