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South Aftica’s President Zuma signs secret Russian nuclear deal

Zuma signs secret Russian nuclear deal, The Times, Stuart Graham, 19 Sept 16 South Africa is moving ahead with a multibillion-pound deal for eight Russian-built nuclear power stations despite warnings that the century-long project would plunge it into massive debt and shift a key western ally towards Moscow.

President Zuma, who has had several meetings with President Putin since 2014, has been pushing for the project with Rosatom, Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, to be approved.

The first tender in the project, a 171 million rand (£9.2 million) contract for a system to manage the nuclear build project, was assigned to the son of one of Mr Zuma’s friends on Friday.
The decision… (subscribers only) http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zuma-opens-door-to-russian-nuclear-deal-pv6wxxfmm

September 21, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general