Belarus agrees to Russian building of nuclear station
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko agreed on Tuesday that Russia should build the country's first, $9 billion nuclear power station.
Georgian President ready to talk to Russian PM on equal terms
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is ready to talk to the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on equal terms, Saakashvili said in live broadcast of "Rustavi-2" TV chanell on Saturday.
Kazakhstan Welcomes Putin's Eurasian Union Concept
Governments in the West may have read with alarm that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wanted to build a Eurasian Union out of the former Soviet bloc but in Kazakhstan the news was welcomed.
Bulgaria Sues Russia over Belene Nuclear Project
Bulgaria's state-run power grid operator has tabled a lawsuit against Russia's state nuclear company Atomstroyexport over delayed payments on the planned Belene nuclear plant.
Russia's Putin Proposes New Eurasian Union
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has outlined a proposal to set up a so-called "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet states that would build on an existing Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
French EDF refuses Russian nuclear plant offer
France's energy giant EDF has refused a Russian offer to build a nuclear power plant, Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said after meeting his French counterpart Francois Fillon.
Turkey to resume gas purchase for Russia via Blue Stream projec
Turkey has decided that it will not renew for another five years a 25-year-old natural gas deal with Russia on the grounds that the energy-rich country’s supplier Gazprom has declined to discount the natural gas it sells to Turkey via the Russia-Turkey Western Pipeline, Today’s Zaman reported.
Belarus, Russia to Finalize Deal on Nuclear Power Plant Construction
The Russian Federation’s ambassador to Belarus Alekhandr Surikov told reporters in the Belarusian capital Minsk that a draft Belarusian-Russian interstate agreement on the construction of a new 2,400 megawatt nuclear power plant for Belarus will be ready in October.
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