“The US is sending $1 billion every year to Russia’s nuclear program, despite pledging to cripple its economy with sanctions.”
- US companies send about $1 billion a year to Russia’s state-owned nuclear agency.
- The US is heavily reliant on Russia’s cheap nuclear fuel to produce emissions-free energy.
- Russia’s nuclear agency has been running Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant since its capture from Ukraine.
US companies are sending $1 billion each year to Russia’s state-owned nuclear agency, despite President Joe Biden pledging to cripple Russia’s economy, according to a report in The New York Times.
“The payments for enriched uranium are one of the biggest sources of cash from the US to Russia since it was hit by wide-ranging sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, the Times said.”
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