Iran still has a debt to Russia at Busher NPP

Iran at the end of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022 paid Russia part of the debt for the construction of the Busher NPP, the deadlines for the project do not change, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak following the meeting of the inter-chairs of Russia and Iran.

“The construction of the second and third phase” Busher “was discussed. [The terms] do not change in accordance with the contract. The topic of calculations was also affected. At the end of last year there were payments, at the beginning of this, too. There are dynamics, but still the debt remains of the debt remains , therefore, this issue is in the process of discussion and implementation, ”TASS quotes Novak.

In the middle of last year, it was reported that Iran’s debt to the Russian Federation for the construction of Busher NPP is about 500 million euros. Rosatom builds in Iran the second phase of the Busher NPP (second and third power units) with a total capacity of 2.1 thousand MW