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Featured March 25, 2026

Rosatom Invites Friendly Countries To Use MBIR Facility For Nuclear Energy Development: Europeans Excluded

Russia has invited scientists from ‘friendly countries’ to participate in nuclear energy research at the world’s largest such facility, RIAR in Dimitrovgrad. This excludes European scientists. We examine the differences between Russia and Europe’s nuclear power generation capabilities, the reasons for this exclusion and Rosatom’s developing plans for expanding nuclear energy use on an international basis.

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Featured March 25, 2026

Russia To Collaborate With Brazil On Uranium Extraction & Nuclear Development

Russia’s Uranium One Group (part of TENEX, a Rosatom subsidiary) and Brazil’s NBEPar have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Brazil. Part of the new companies remit will be to assess and develop uranium deposits in the country with an additional view of developing Brazil’s nuclear energy sector.

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March 24, 2026

Russia, Vietnam Sign Nuclear Power Plant Agreement

Russia and Vietnam have signed Nuclear Energy Agreements that pave the way for the development of a NPP in Vietnam. The agreement provides for the construction of a 2,400 MW NPP, and regulates the terms and key areas of cooperation between the parties in implementing the project. It sets up the necessary legal framework for the plant’s construction and will determine the course of Russian-Vietnamese nuclear cooperation for decades to come.

March 24, 2026

Rosatom Looking For International Consortium Partners For Kazakh Nuclear Energy Projects

Rosatom have begun work on Kazakhstan’s first Nuclear Power Plant and is looking to expand cooperation with other international partners in Kazakhstan’s growing nuclear energy industry. The country possesses significant uranium reserves.

March 24, 2026

Rosatom Begins Construction Of Uzbekistan Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Rosatom nuclear energy company have begun pouring concrete as part of the initial construction process for Uzbekistan’s NPP in the Jizzakh region. It is part of the construction of a small nuclear power plant unit with a RITM-200N reactor and is expected to provide about 14% of Uzbekistan’s total energy needs.

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March 23, 2026

The Price Of Oil And The Value Of The Ruble – 2026 Forward Analysis

The crisis in the Middle East is drastically affecting Russian oil prices and creating fluctuations in the value of the Ruble. We examine the implications, how the Russian government is benefiting, while at the same time being cautious and managing the situation. We provide analysis of how these issues can be expected to impact the Russian economy and the Russian domestic consumer over the course of this year.

March 17, 2026

Russia, Kenya Bilateral Relations: March 2026 Update

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov has met with his Kenyan counterpart, Musalia Mudavadi, in Moscow. The two discussed deepening bilateral cooperation, trade and synchronizing matters relating to global affairs. Current bilateral trade is mainly agricultural based however both sides see development potential in several areas.

March 15, 2026

Russia, South Africa Sign Nuclear Power MoU

Russia’s Rosatom has signed an MoU with South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Corporation as regards expanding the generation capacity of its Koeberg NPP and look at developing additional NPP without the country. South Africa has the only NPP in the African continent yet is suffering from blackouts and a lack of electricity,

March 11, 2026

China’s 2026-2030 Development Budget To Purchase More LNG From Russia

A study of the Chinese National People’s Congress 2026-30 budget, just released, reveals that China intends to fast-track the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline from Russia and expedite increasing LNG supplies as soon as possible. The move comes as a stabilizing factor in China’s energy security as they look for alternatives to supplies from the Middle East. This will likely mean that Russia will replace Qatar as China’s primary LNG source.

March 11, 2026

India Immediately Increases Purchases Of Russian Oil

India has begun immediate imports of Russian crude as it gains secondary tariff exemptions from Washington. India’s growth is a major global economic driver and without it, Western economies will feel even more fiscal pressure. India and the United States signed a trade agreement last month as Washington looks to increase its India supply chains as it diminishes its Chinese ties and cannot afford to have both economies stalling at the same time.

March 11, 2026

Georgia Illustrates Caucasian Resolve By Increasing Russian Fuel Supplies

Georgia, like several other Caucasus and Eurasian countries, has evaluated its energy security in the wake of the Iranian conflict and is to increase supplies of fuel from Russia. Their situation is vastly different from Europe which is cut off from Middle Eastern supplies, is politically estranged from Russia and is coming under increasing Ukrainian supply chain chokeholds as Kiev wields economic leverage over the EU and is capable of causing immense political support damage.