АЭС Руппур, АЭС в Бангладеш - строительство начинается Опции

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АЭС, похоже, кирдык? Новое правительство, скорее всего, кредит отдавать не захочет...
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"Первый Бушер шьёшь, начальник?"

[Дед Мороз]

АЭС, похоже, кирдык? Новое правительство, скорее всего, кредит отдавать не захочет...

Откуда такие суждения? Бывшее правительство было вовсе не Россия-центричным, скорее даже наоборот.
Так что от переворота мы можем даже выиграть, благо, в последние годы научились неплохо взаимодействовать с разного рода банановыми республиками.
В общем, поживём - увидим

[AtomInfo.Ru]

Статья в бангладешской газете. Приведу почти целиком. Касается отдачи кредита.
Кратко: наши якобы предлагают выплаты через китайский банк, банглы не согласны. Второе наше предложение - открыть для получения денег русский банк в Бангладеш.
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https://en.prothomalo.com/business/local/ywd5x39pqw

Russia is exerting pressure on Bangladesh to open a branch of a Russian bank in Dhaka in order to send the loan instalment money from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project to the home country or at least keep it in their custody.

Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Aleksandr Mantytsky met the high officials of the Bangladesh government including the chief adviser and the finance adviser over the past three months where Russia sought permission to open a bank branch in addition to placing other issues.

Since banks in Russia face sanctions and are forced out of the SWIFT system following the Russia-Ukraine war, Dhaka can no longer send the loan repayment money from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project to Moscow.

Bangladesh keeps the fund in an escrow account of the Bangladesh Bank as an alternative, depositing USD 630 million from loan interests so far.

As Russia became desperate to get the money, Moscow proposed to Dhaka last August to send the funds to a certain bank in China, to which Dhaka did not respond. Later, Moscow requested the government policymakers in Dhaka to allow the former to have a bank branch here.

As per the agreement on loan to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, Dhaka will permit Moscow to open a bank branch here, and the lending country is seeking it now.

Former lead economist of the World Bank in Dhaka, Zahid Hussain, told Prothom Alo opening of the branch of the Russian banks facing sanctions of US and UK directly or indirectly will create problems. If Russia proposes to open a branch of a certain bank, then the matter of approval by Bangladesh also comes up.

Zahid Hussain, however, opined anyone would want to take the repayment money of the loans into their custody as soon as possible.

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project is being implemented at a cost of Tk 1.14 trillion, and Russia is lending USD 12.65 billion for the project. The project deadline is 31 December 2024, but it will take two more years to complete the project.

Meanwhile, the committee on the preparation for the ‘White Paper on the State of Bangladesh Economy’ formed by the government is reviewing the loan agreement, expenditure and implementation, causing discomfort for Moscow.

A senior official at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) Dhaka is ready to repay the loan whenever they want it and wherever the money will be deposited there, but the process must be legally binding and convenient internationally for both parties.

Work of the Russian contractor firm slows at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project because of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. Last August, Dhaka requested Moscow to extend the repayment period of capital for two years.

In response, Moscow placed a list of demands that mainly included transferring the repayment money to a Chinese bank. As Bangladesh disagreed, Russia wants to open a branch of the Russian bank here.

Meanwhile, Dhaka readied the draft of the amended loan agreement on the extension of the repayment period of capital.

Bangladesh borrowed USD 12.65 billion from the EXIM Bank of Russia for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project. Both counties signed an agreement on it in 2016. Russia started releasing the funds in 2017.

Payment of loan capital will start on 15 March 2027 after a grace period of 10 years. Dhaka will pay USD 380 million in two instalments for capital and USD 110 million in interest annually. Payment of capital and interest might fluctuate from time to time.

[AtomInfo.Ru]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/...eal-2024-12-24/

Всё веселее и веселее.

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina's son denies graft in $12.65 billion nuclear deal
By Krishna N. Das and Sudipto Ganguly
December 25, 20249:18 AM GMT+3Updated a day ago

Sajeeb Wazed, son of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Information and Communication Advisor of Bangladesh government, gestures during an interview with Reuters at the Prime Minister's residence in Dhaka
Sajeeb Wazed, son of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures during an interview with Reuters at the Prime Minister's residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 29, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son and adviser on Tuesday described allegations of corruption involving the family in the 2015 awarding of a $12.65 billion nuclear power contract as "completely bogus" and a "smear campaign".
Bangladesh's Anti Corruption Commission said on Monday it had launched an enquiry into allegations of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, backed by Russia's state-owned Rosatom.

A deal for two power plants, each with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts, was signed in 2015.
The commission has alleged that there were financial irregularities worth about $5 billion involving Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed and her niece and British treasury minister Tulip Siddiq, through offshore accounts.
Rosatom, the world's largest supplier of enriched uranium, refuted the allegations, adding that it was committed to combat corruption in all its projects and that it maintains a transparent procurement system.

"Rosatom State Corporation is ready to defend its interests and reputation in court," it said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
"We consider false statements in the media as an attempt to discredit the Rooppur NPP project, which is being implemented to solve the country's energy supply problems and is aimed at improving the well-being of the people of Bangladesh."
Siddiq did not respond to a request for comment.

A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Siddiq had denied any involvement in the claims and that he had confidence in her. Siddiq would continue in her role, the spokesperson added.
Wazed, speaking on behalf of the family, said they were the targets of a political witch hunt in Bangladesh.
"These are completely bogus allegations and a smear campaign. My family nor I have ever been involved or taken any money from any government projects," he told Reuters from Washington, where he lives.

"It is not possible to siphon off billions from a $10 billion project. We also don't have any offshore accounts. I have been living in the U.S. for 30 years, my aunt and cousins in the UK for a similar amount of time. We obviously have accounts here, but none of us have ever seen that kind of money."
Reuters could not contact Hasina, who has not been seen in public since fleeing to New Delhi in early August following a deadly uprising against her in Bangladesh. Since then, an interim government has been running the country.
The government in Dhaka said on Monday it had asked India to send Hasina back. New Delhi has confirmed the request but declined further comment.
Wazeb said the family had not made a decision on Hasina's return to Bangladesh and that New Delhi had not asked her to seek asylum elsewhere.

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Reporting by Krishna N. Das in New Delhi, Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai and Reuters staff in Dhaka; Additional reporting by Andrew Macaskill in London; Editing by Hugh Lawson

[AtomInfo.Ru]

Упомянутая в новости Tulip Siddiq - это, вообще-то, крупный чин в британском (!!) Минфине.

[AtomInfo.Ru]

К сожалению, очередная смерть
Скончался монтажник Иван К.
https://www.kp.ru/online/news/6173729/

Тяжёлый проект...

[AtomInfo.Ru]

В дополнение к http://atominfo.ru/newsz08/a0478.htm

Говорят, что новые власти Бангладеш наконец зашевелились. Поняли, что станция будет, энергия будет, и что платить за неё тоже надо.

На первых порах, напомню, они разыгрывали карту якобы коррупции со стороны сбежавшего правительства. Сейчас вроде успокоились.