Putin, Chavez discuss energy, military cooperation RIA Novosti, PUBLISHED February 04, 2011 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday discussed joint finance, energy and military projects, Putin's spokesman said. They had an extensive telephone conversation in the course of Putin's working visit to the city of Kirov in northeastern European Russia, Dmitry Peskov said. "They discussed in detail the current status of trade and economic cooperation, including the implementation of specific financial, energy and military projects," he said. Topics: Venezuela Other news: Russia ready to finance Egypt first nuclear plant Russia confirmed its participation in a tender to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant and said it was willing to help finance the project. ARMZ acquires Australian uranium producer in $1.2 bln deal ARMZ will pay eight Australian dollars per share, which represents a 15.5 percent premium on the average market price for 20 trading days. Russia to start building Turkish NPP in 2013 Russia will start building Turkey's first NPP estimated at $20 billion in 2013, Russian ambassador to Ankara Vladimir Ivanovsky said. |
Hero of the day Obama nuclear summit: A minor success Further proof of this fact was provided by Obama Nuclear Security Summit held in Washington on April 12-13. However, this goal is unlikely to be achieved in four years. INTERVIEW
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