# Rosatom Signs Contract to Build Balkhash NPP in Kazakhstan

Rosatom signed a contract to construct the Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant in Kazakhstan at the Eastern Economic Forum.

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Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants signed a contract at the Eastern Economic Forum to build the two-unit Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant with a total generating capacity of 2,400 MW. [^1]

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly rejected a ceasefire that would freeze the war along current contact lines. [^2]

President Vladimir Putin stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that Russians and Ukrainians are one people and that the entire territory of Ukraine is Russian. [^3]

Russia's defense spending was reduced by approximately 11 percent in the current budget for the first time since the full-scale invasion, despite having reached 7.5 percent of GDP in the previous year. [^4]

The federal budget deficit reached 2.8 percent of GDP, significantly exceeding the government's annual target of 1.6 percent, with the deficit including regional budgets and pension funds reaching nearly 4 percent of GDP in 2025. [^5]

Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said that Rosatom will carry out design work and establish an international consortium of equipment suppliers for the Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant project. [^6]

Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev stated that the project aims to build and commission power units that meet the strictest international safety and efficiency requirements. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants signed a contract at the Eastern Economic Forum to build the two-unit Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant with a total generating capacity of 2,400 MW. (TASS, News)
2. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly rejected a ceasefire that would freeze the war along current contact lines. (Aftenposten, News)
3. President Vladimir Putin stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that Russians and Ukrainians are one people and that the entire territory of Ukraine is Russian. (Aftenposten, News)
4. Russia's defense spending was reduced by approximately 11 percent in the current budget for the first time since the full-scale invasion, despite having reached 7.5 percent of GDP in the previous year. (Aftenposten, News)
5. The federal budget deficit reached 2.8 percent of GDP, significantly exceeding the government's annual target of 1.6 percent, with the deficit including regional budgets and pension funds reaching nearly 4 percent of GDP in 2025. (Aftenposten, News)
6. Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said that Rosatom will carry out design work and establish an international consortium of equipment suppliers for the Balkhash Nuclear Power Plant project. (TASS, News)
7. Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev stated that the project aims to build and commission power units that meet the strictest international safety and efficiency requirements. (TASS, News)

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