Close to 90 nuclear power units around the world are Russian-designed. Rosatom’s foreign order book is standing at $200 billion, with 23 nuclear power units in the world across several countries, including India, Turkey, and Egypt.Rosatom also ranks second in terms of global uranium reserves, especially after it acquired a 49% share of a major Kazakh mining operation in 2023. Major Russian propaganda and subversion efforts in the Global South – like in Niger, whose mines account for 25% of uranium imports to the European Union – threaten to derail global energy security and increase reliance on Russia.One of the secrets of Rosatom’s success is that it provides its clients with Russian government loans and assistance from design and construction to staff training.

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