Russia is using nuclear power development as a wedge of influence in various Global South countries. The West offers ultimatums, bullets, and bombs. Wonder why the Russians are winning. From Andrew Korybko at korybko.substack.com:
“Nuclear diplomacy” isn’t just an anchor investment for comprehensively expanding partner relations into other spheres (minerals, logistics, markets, etc.), but is also an insurance policy for keeping them solid amidst political uncertainty.
The Financial Times (FT) published a piece last week about “How Russia is using nuclear power to win global influence”, which used the example of its Roopur project in Bangladesh to fearmonger about Moscow allegedly manipulating its partners into entering into decades-long relations of dependence. If one looks beyond their obvious narrative agenda, then they can actually learn quite a lot about Russia’s “nuclear diplomacy” and why the West is unable to compete with it, hence why it’s resorted to smears.
Each nuclear power plant project last about 80-90 years from construction to dismantlement, thus bestowing Russia with nearly a century’s worth of business with each partner since it provides for everything in the ecosystem from funds to personnel and uranium during the whole lifecycle. This is already attractive enough, especially due to Russia’s global expertise in this sphere, but it’s made all the more appealing by 90% financing “with repayments spread over decades at minimal interest rates.”
Benevolence and you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours works?
Wasn’t that a construct of the white male patriarchy?
China does the same with BRI even if it is all so tiresome?
Spread some shekels and infrastructure around and they get over butthurt and muh fweewings (feelings) real fast.
At least they consider the UKES as their slow lil’ brothers they probably think the former West is some red headed step child from Poland.
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