Presidents of Russia, Uzbekistan to meet in St. Petersburg

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Jun 04, 2026 · 378 words

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev are scheduled to meet in St. Petersburg during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The leaders will virtually initiate the construction of an integrated nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, featuring both high- and small-capacity reactors.

Propaganda risk 10%

Claims checked 16

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Topics 0

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Center83%

Right17%

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What happened

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is visiting Russia’s second largest city to attend this year’s St.

Why it matters

Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Common ground

The meeting, the third recent in-person contact between the two leaders, will be held at the Constantine Palace.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Presidents of Russia, Uzbekistan to meet in St. Petersburg?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Shavkat Mirziyoyev is visiting Russia’s second largest city to attend this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)?
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Propaganda Score

confidence: 95%

Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Shavkat Mirziyoyev is visiting Russia’s second largest city to attend this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF)”

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Multiple sources confirm Mirziyoyev visited St. Petersburg to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A number of foreign leaders have visited Russia since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials, and visiting areas around the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_gov…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international presidential trips made by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan since 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as President of Russia on 7 May 2000, he has travelled to 72 countries as of November 2024, in addition to many more domestic trips. This list does not include Put…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…

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Claim 2: “The meeting... will be held at the Constantine Palace”

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The Times of Russia and TASS both mention the Constantine Palace as the location for the meeting/briefing.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022, leading to reactions from around the world. The new king, Charles III, paid tribute to his "darli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_death_of_Eliz…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Times of Russia reports that the meeting, the third recent in-person contact between the two leaders, will be held at the Constantine Palace.
https://thetimesofrussia.com/business/presidents-of-russia-u…

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web search NEUTRAL — The briefing is held at the Constantine Palace where the Russian head of state held talks with African leaders during the day. The briefing sums up the results of the president’s activities in St. Pet…
https://tass.com/society/1654121

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Claim 3: “will become the 29th edition”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “The integrated plant will encompass two high-capacity power units on the basis of VVER-100 reactors and one power unit with two small-capacity reactors of 55 MW each”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results specifically detailing the exact reactor models (VVER-100) or the specific count of 55 MW reactors.

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Claim 5: “Saudi Arabia is the guest country at SPIEF”

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Claim 6: “The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is taking place on June 3-6”

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Claim 7: “The two presidents also met on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit in Astana”

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Web search results confirm Mirziyoyev's presence at EAEU-related summits and meetings with Putin in Kazakhstan/Astana contexts.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mirziyoyev with Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev in Saryagash, Kazakhstan, October 20, 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 18, 2026 ... On April 15, President Mirziyoyev received a Russian delegation led by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential ...
https://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/analytical-articles…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 25, 2023 ... I would like to welcome him and the entire Azerbaijani delegation, as well as President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the head of an EAEU ...
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71204

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Claim 8: “This year, the event will be held under the theme "Pragmatic Dialogue: the Path to a Stable Future"”

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Claim 9: “The integrated nuclear power plant (NPP) in Uzbekistan... will become the first nuclear power generation facility with both high-and small-capacity reactors on its territory”

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Multiple sources confirm the uniqueness of the project in combining both small- and large-capacity reactors on one site.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... The integrated NPP project in Uzbekistan is unique: for the first time, small- and large-capacity nuclear power plants will be built on the same ...
https://www.facebook.com/MIDRussia/posts/-president-of-russi…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 26, 2025 ... ... two large-capacity power units and two small modular reactor units. ... both the low- and high-capacity nuclear power plants. The agreements ...
https://atommedia.online/en/press-releases/rosatom-i-uzbekis…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2024 ... The small nuclear power plant based on the RITM-200N reactor is already under construction in the village of Ust-Kuyga, Yakutia. The first power ...
https://www.rosatom.ru/en/press-centre/news/-the-russian-fed…

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Claim 10: “They will participate in the ceremony via a video linkup”

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Multiple sources explicitly state the ceremony was conducted via video link/videoconference between St. Petersburg and the site.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... ... nuclear power plant project. The ceremony was held via a live video link between the NPP construction site in Uzbekistan and St. Petersburg ...
https://rosatom.ru/en/press_center/news/presidents-of-russia…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Vladimir Putin and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev participated via videoconference in the ceremony marking the start of ...
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79955

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... The presidents of Uzbekistan and Russia, meeting in St Petersburg, joined the event via video link, with International Atomic Energy Agency ...
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ceremony-to-mark…

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Claim 11: “The Uzbek leader attended the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm Mirziyoyev's attendance at the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade held in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 2024, to commemorate the 79th anniversary of Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade that was held in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 2026, to commemorate the 81st anniversary of Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek Politician who has served as the second president of Uzbekistan since 2016. A member of the Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party, he serv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavkat_Mirziyoyev

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Claim 12: “TASS is its official general information partner”

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Claim 13: “The Roscongress Foundation is the organizer of the forum”

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Claim 14: “the two presidents are expected to give a start to construction of the first power generating unit of the integrated nuclear power plant (NPP) in Uzbekistan”

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Three independent web sources (including Reuters) confirm the June 4, 2026 ceremony marking the start of construction of the first power unit of the integrated NPP.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... On June 4, 2026, a ceremony marking the start of construction of the first power unit of an integrated nuclear power plant (NPP) took place ...
https://rosatom.ru/en/press_center/news/presidents-of-russia…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Russia and Uzbekistan on Thursday began construction of a nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first of its kind in post-Soviet Central ...
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-uzbekistan-st…

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Claim 15: “The first concreting ceremony implies that the facility is given the "nuclear power plant under construction" status by the IAEA”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the IAEA's specific status definitions related to the first concreting ceremony.

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Claim 16: “Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev”

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Multiple web search results confirm a bilateral meeting between Putin and Mirziyoyev in St. Petersburg.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Presidency of Shavkat Mirziyoyev refers to the tenure of Shavkat Mirziyoyev as the 2nd President of Uzbekistan. His term began on 14 December 2016, after serving as prime minister and acting presi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Shavkat_Mirziyoy…

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