Turkey says not dependent on Russia for nuclear plant

Turkey says not dependent on Russia for nuclear plant Istanbul (AFP) Dec 9, 2015 - Turkey on Wednesday insisted it was not dependent on Russia to build its first nuclear power plant amid uncertainty over the $20 billion project because of the crisis in relations between Ankara and Moscow. Russia's state atomic agency Rosatom began constructing the plant in Akkuyu in the southern Mersin province on the shores of the Mediterranean in April. But the Kremlin has refused t ... more

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