{"id":122627,"date":"2025-01-21T13:29:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T10:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122627\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-says-he-wants-russia-to-help-belarus-build-second-nuclear-plant","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122627\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says he wants Russia to help Belarus build second nuclear plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 21, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has announced his intentions to discuss the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Belarus with Russian President Vladimir Putin &#8220;in the near future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler made this statement today during his visit to the Minsk-based MAZ truck and bus factory, <em>Pul Pervogo<\/em>, his press office&#8217;s unofficial Telegram channel reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few years, \u0141uka\u0161enka has frequently mentioned the second nuclear power plant. He also instructed officials to assess the feasibility of increasing the number of power units at the Astraviec nuclear power plant, located some 10 miles off the Lithuanian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The power plant was designed by Russia\u2019s Rosatom and built with a Russian loan. Lithuania views it as unsafe and describes it as a \u201cgeopolitical weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bel_AES_POZ_Archive_1440-5347-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bel_AES_POZ_Archive_1440-5347-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bel_AES_POZ_Archive_1440-5347-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bel_AES_POZ_Archive_1440-5347-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Bel_AES_POZ_Archive_1440-5347.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Nuclear plant disconnects power unit from grid<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 19, Pozirk. The second power unit of the Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has been temporarily disconnected from the grid after a sensor was triggered, the Belarusian energy ministry reported. &quot;A decision to disconnect the unit from the grid &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/119105\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 21, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has announced his intentions to discuss the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Belarus with Russian President Vladimir Putin &#8220;in the near future.&#8221; The Belarusian ruler made this statement today during his visit to the Minsk-based MAZ truck and bus factory, Pul Pervogo, his press office&#8217;s unofficial Telegram [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21,16],"class_list":["post-122627","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka says he wants Russia to help Belarus build second nuclear plant | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 21, Pozirk. 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