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Russia has about 40 contracts for construction of NPP units abroad — Rosatom CEO

TASS · · 140 words
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Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev stated that Russian companies have approximately 40 contracts for nuclear power plant construction abroad, a number similar to the amount of reactors needed domestically. He also highlighted current construction projects in several countries, including Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Rwanda.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Russian companies currently hold around 40 contracts for the construction of nuclear power plant units abroad”
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The claim is attributed to Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev in an interview with Vesti, as reported by TASS. While the information is present in the web search results, it originates from a single primary source (the interview/TASS report) and is not independently corroborated by other news organizations in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SSh-39 (Russian: СШ-39) and SSh-40 (Russian: СШ-40, both from стальной шлем, stal'noy shlem, lit. 'steel helmet') were two similar designs of steel combat helmet designed and used by the Soviet Un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSh-39_and_SSh-40
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AGS‑40 Balkan is a Russian 40 mm caseless automatic grenade launcher and successor to AGS-17 and AGS-30, introduced and adopted by the Russian military.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGS-40_Balkan
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“roughly the same number of reactors still need to be built in Russia”
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Similar to claim 0, this statement is part of the same interview given by Alexey Likhachev to Vesti and reported by TASS. There is no independent corroboration from other sources in the provided evidence to verify the domestic reactor count.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AGS‑40 Balkan is a Russian 40 mm caseless automatic grenade launcher and successor to AGS-17 and AGS-30, introduced and adopted by the Russian military.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGS-40_Balkan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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“Likhachev spoke about Russia’s new agreements to build nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Rwanda”
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The evidence contains a web search result stating Rosatom secured agreements with Kazakhstan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. However, the specific mention of Rwanda is not explicitly confirmed in the provided snippets, and the overall claim relies on the same source/interview context as the other claims.
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web search NEUTRAL — The utilization of nuclear power in Kazakhstan began with Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant, the BN-350 fast-neutron reactor in Aktau, operating from 1973 to 1999, a Soviet era prototype investme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Kazakhstan
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web search NEUTRAL — Rosatom has also secured agreements to build nuclear power plants with Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Myanmar with negotiations in Indonesia just concluded, he said.
https://en.sputniknews.africa/20260515/1085746660.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian companies currently hold around 40 contracts for the construction of nuclear power plant units abroad, while roughly the same number of reactors still need to be built in Russia, Rosatom CEO A…
https://tass.com/economy/2131069
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“Russia is currently constructing 26 high-capacity power units and two small-capacity units in several countries simultaneously”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general information about Russia's geography and football tournaments. There is no evidence in the provided text that mentions the construction of 26 high-capacity and two small-capacity power units.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world, spanning eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Russian Cup is the 34th season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The competition started on 29 July 2025 and will conclude on 24 May 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Russian_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League is the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UEFA_Champions_League
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