The German company explained that it complies with export control laws. Representatives of the Russian side were forced to turn to China for help.
The German company Siemens has refused to supply essential equipment for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, built in Turkey by the Russian state company Rosatom. Bloomberg writes about it.
After a delay of several months, the builders had to turn to China.
Siemens must provide a gas-insulated substation to deliver the electricity that the nuclear power plant will produce to the grid.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even asked German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for help, but the issue was not resolved.
“Germany’s inability to provide a satisfactory explanation for the delay has affected the progress of the project,” said Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar “However, Rosatom has already placed an alternative order with China. “
China’s National Energy Administration and Rosatom declined to comment. While a Siemens Energy representative explained to the agency that the company was only complying with export control laws.
It was previously reported that, against the backdrop of sanctions, a production site for the manufacture of analogues of Western parts for Airbus and Boeing aircraft will start operating in Russia. The project is planned to be implemented by the Russian airline Aeroflot together with Rosatom.
At the same time, as we have already written, despite the sanctions, since the beginning of a large-scale war, Russia has increased its imports of nitrocellulose, the main ingredient of gunpowder and military explosives, by an order of magnitude. The main suppliers are Turkish and Chinese companies.
Source: korrespondent
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