SIMFEROPOL, March 31. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s senior government official has said bans on Russian nuclear fuel transit to East Europe have been lifted.

“Rosatom State Corporation sees no grounds for worrying over security of nuclear power plants in Ukraine,” Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency “confirmed earlier that Ukrainian operators controlled the situation”, he said.