{"id":2564,"date":"2023-09-20T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=2564"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russian-state-duma-postpones-belarus-nuclear-debt-repayment","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/2564\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian State Duma postpones Belarus nuclear debt repayment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 20,\u00a0<em>Pozirk.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>The Russian State Duma has allowed Belarus to start repaying its principal debt on the loan for the construction of the Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant on April 1, 2024, instead of April 1, 2023,\u00a0<em>TASS<\/em>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A clause to that effect has been added to&nbsp;the 2011 intergovernmental agreement on granting Belarus a loan for the construction of the plant&#8217;s two power units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian budget revenue will be reduced by $173.2 million to $88.6 million in 2023 because of the amendments, which also stipulate that the debt should be repaid in Russian rubles, not US dollars, as it was originally agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk and Moscow had already changed the terms of the loan in 2020. Belarus was allowed to use the funds until the end of 2022 and not to start repaying the loan until April 1, 2023. In addition, the floating interest rate on the loan was replaced by a fixed one of 3.3 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located in the Hrodna region, some 10 miles off the Lithuanian border, the Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant has been designed by a Russian nuclear corporation and built with the Russian loan. Lithuania views the plant as unsafe and describes it as a &#8220;geopolitical weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first unit was put into commercial operation in June 2021. It has enabled Belarus to enter the top 20 of the world&#8217;s nuclear states, the Rosatom corporation said last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second unit is running in a pilot mode. The country&#8217;s nuclear and radiation safety department, Dziar\u017eatamnahlad, said the facility is projected to operate for 60 years &#8220;with a maximum extension by 30 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dziar\u017eatamnahlad head Volha \u0141uho\u016dskaja said her agency did not have any critical notes&nbsp;ahead of the unit&#8217;s commissioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 20,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The Russian State Duma has allowed Belarus to start repaying its principal debt on the loan for the construction of the Astraviec Nuclear Power Plant on April 1, 2024, instead of April 1, 2023,\u00a0TASS\u00a0reported. 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