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Warning against Russia’s plan to develop nuclear power in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Russia-Backed Nuclear Project in Bulgaria ‘Pig in a Poke’ – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency, 11 April 11, The plans for a new Russia-backed nuclear plant in northern Bulgaria aim to help Moscow lay its hands on the energy market, impose a monopoly on the prices and keep them high, a right-wing leader has said.”We are now buying a pig in a poke, which is flying on a Russian plane,” Ivan Kostov, former prime minister and leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, told Nova TV broadcast on Sunday….
Kostov says boosting the capacity of renewable energy sources is the answer.

In spite of Japan‘s crisis, the EU‘s warning and the promise to sever ties with Russia, Bulgaria has given strong indications it will bow to Moscow‘s nuclear demands.

The head of the National Electric Company NEK Krasimir Parvanov signed on Tuesday an agreement with Rosatom‘s subsidiary Atomstroyexport that potentially threatens Bulgaria‘s national interests by obliging the Bulgarian government to reach a final agreement with the Russians on Belene by June 1, 2001….Bulgaria: Russia-Backed Nuclear Project in Bulgaria ‘Pig in a Poke’ – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

April 11, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Bulgaria, politics international