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| Russia refuses to send nuke workers till Iran pays up |
| 2007-03-08 |
| Russia won’t send workers to complete a much-delayed nuclear power plant in Iran as Tehran has failed to keep up to date with its payments, the Atomstroiexport company said Tuesday. “The Iranian side’s lack of payment by contract prevents us from sending the required personnel to complete work on the nuclear station”, Atomstroiexport’s spokesman said as quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency. Fuel deliveries for the Bushehr nuclear station would also be delayed, the spokesman added. Under a deal agreed last September, Russia was to deliver fuel to Iran in March, the power station was to begin working in September and it was to start producing energy in November. An Iranian delegation is due in Moscow Wednesday to discuss the project’s financing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 How much does anyone want to bet that the contract payment is to be made in dollars or Euros only? You know, real hard currencies and not the ruble. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2007-03-08 22:32 |
| #8 WORLDNEWS/RIAN/OTHER > Nutshell - Iranians say things are hunky dorey, Russians still demanding the $$$ money mullah. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-03-08 22:20 |
| #7 They forgot the first step in the Project sheet: 1. US and/or Israel makes Bushehr reactor a smoking hole. That is the critical path. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-03-08 20:25 |
| #6 What is the credit rating of a glowing hole? |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-03-08 10:03 |
| #5 I think Darrell nailed that one! Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Pooty-poot heard "the check's in the mail, boss". |
| Posted by: BA 2007-03-08 09:26 |
| #4 I suspect they just don't want to put precious fuel and technicians into a target-rich environment. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-03-08 09:14 |
| #3 Yep-nothing irritates or motivates Moscow quite so much as no money. |
| Posted by: Jules 2007-03-08 07:59 |
| #2 The Russians got all huffy and indignant when we said it was a bad idea building nuclear power plants for the Iranians, then they get stiffed on the bill. How delightful. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2007-03-08 07:25 |
| #1 No credit for the 12th imam. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-03-08 06:35 |