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Russia-India Nuclear Power Deals highlight bids against French and U.S. firms to build 16 reactors, bolster energy security, expand trade to $20B, and deepen defense, banking, and technology ties across the BRIC economies.
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Deals for up to 16 reactors to boost energy capacity and deepen Russia-India trade, banking, and technology ties.
- Up to 16 reactors planned across three Indian sites.
- Competing with French and U.S. firms for reactor contracts.
- Trade goal: $20B by 2015, up from $8B.
- Deeper banking, technology, and defense cooperation.
Russia will build up to 16 nuclear reactors for power stations in India, Russia's deputy premier said during a visit to India with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to reaffirm decades-old ties.
Russia is competing with French and U.S. firms for lucrative contracts in India's nuclear market to build nuclear power plants for energy-hungry India because Asia's third-largest economy needs to boost its supply to help sustain rapid economic growth.
"The agreement sees construction of up to 16 nuclear reactors in three locations," Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters.
Mr. Putin pledged to boost banking and technology cooperation with India after the two sides signed a civil nuclear agreement earlier that day, seeking to bolster ties with a Cold War ally that has been shifting focus toward the United States.
Russia wants to boost trade with India to (US) $20-billion by 2015 from the current $8-billion, while advancing nuclear energy cooperation through new projects. Together with China and Brazil, Russia and India make up the so-called BRIC group of major emerging economies, whose global influence is rising.
The two nations also seek a greater role in stabilizing the region, even as they cement nuclear ties through civilian projects, because both share security interests emanating from Islamist militant violence and the war in Afghanistan.
Aiming mainly to keep one of the world's biggest arms importers interested in Russian weapons, Mr. Putin offered state financial aid for the Indian telecom unit of Russian conglomerate Sistema.
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