“Turkey has been in intense negotiations with Russia’s Rossatom and Atomstroyexport to buy the reactors meant for Bulgaria’s second nuclear power plant on the Danube island of Belene. These are not ungrounded apprehensions – I have confirmed information,” Socialist MP Roumen Petkov said in the town of Pleven.
“It is up to the Russians to decide whether they should continue to put up with the recklessness and irresponsibility of Sofia’s government, or act according to their economic interests,” he explained.
In his words, the Russians could re-sell the equipment for NPP Belene, some of which Sofia has already paid for, and launch a lawsuit against the country before the International Court of Arbitration on account of Sofia’s careless behavior.
In his words, the Bulgarian taxpayers may have to pay between 600 million and one billion euros in compensations to the Russian companies, if the Bulgarian government decides to unilaterally cancel the agreements with the Russian constructors.
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