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PREVIEW: #ROSATOM" Conversation with Anthony Riggeiro of FDD re the astonishing fact that two years into the Ukraine war and the sanctions, the US and its allies, including NATO states, continue trading with and paying the Russian nuclear power monopoly c

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW: #ROSATOM" Conversation with Anthony Riggeiro of FDD re the astonishing fact that two years into the Ukraine war and the sanctions, the US and its allies, including NATO states, continue trading with and paying the Russian nuclear power monopoly called ROSATOM. What is to be done? More later.

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0:00.0

Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. This is John Batchelor, speaking with Anthony Regiro of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy is about

0:24.6

Ross Adam, that is the Russian nuclear agency that both builds

0:29.6

reactors, nuclear reactors, and supplies fuel to reactors around the world.

0:34.6

It is surprising two years into the war with Russia that the US and its allies continue to do

0:40.0

business with Russ Adam to buy ore and to provide services to the allies who have nuclear

0:48.1

plants that are consistent with the Russian model.

0:51.7

I learned from Anthony that Congress is now finally coming around this story

0:57.8

of how the U.S. depended upon Russia all those years before the war and has not

1:04.5

excreted itself from those very favorable contracts to Russia since the war. It is

1:11.0

puzzling as well given that NATO's confrontation is likely to last for the balance of this century

1:16.8

unless there is a miracle in re-establishing relationships.

1:21.2

But Ross Adam, it's ore or its personnel, its ability to build and maintain, is

1:27.1

still a major client of allies of the United States, of the United States. And what is to be done. Here's Anthony

1:34.1

Ruggiero Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. Nuclear power, Uranium ore,

1:42.1

in some cases fast breeder reactors that Russia is building for China and what is to be done.

1:49.0

Right, you know, in fairness, you know, we, we both the U.S. and our allies have ourselves to blame here. You know, we

1:58.2

believed, you know, in the Obama administration when the U.S US was putting its own civil nuclear

2:05.4

cooperation agreement with Russia together we believe that there was a new

2:09.5

we were on the the cusp of a new dawn with Russia, right?

2:14.0

And part of that was going to be civilian nuclear cooperation

2:17.3

and working, you know, in my testimony,

2:19.9

you can, you know, if your audience is interested,

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