To USA with megatons of love
Published: 27 May, 2009, 00:31
TAGS: Nuclear, Interview, Politics, Commodities, Russia and the global economy, USA, Big deal
“The new [uranium] deal is purely commercial, but it also adds a very important boost to improvement of the US-Russia political relationships,” said Vladimir Orlov, a director at the Center of Policy Studies in Moscow.
US to pay $1 billion for Russian nuclear fuelA Russian firm has signed a groundbreaking one billion dollar contract to supply US nuclear power stations with uranium fuel. Russia already supplies 23 per cent of the fuel used by US plants. |
Gays take to streets after same-sex marriage ban upheldGay rights activists are holding rallies in New York after the Californian Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. However, gay couples who wed before the law took effect can stay married. |











