Rosatom

Russia
Russia focuses on increasingly strategic Arctic

The Kremlin is determined that sanctions will not affect business in the Arctic. With official encouragement, Russian business leaders are changing the map of the region in the wake of an exodus by Western companies.

Russia
Russian investors await Western asset nationalisation wave

As the Russian parliament prepares the legal framework for nationalising foreign-held assets in Russia, the regulatory authorities are also taking steps to bring critical industries back under the Kremlin's control.

China, Russia, United States
Washington eyes European nuclear power

A bipartisan bill currently making its way through the US Congress aims to increase nuclear exports to counter Beijing and Moscow in Europe, which is experiencing energy supply problems due to the war in Ukraine.

The Intelligence Gazette
Afghan planes in Tashkent, Russian military engineers decorated, DNI

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, we serve up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we go from Paris to Tashkent, Washington, Brussels and Kabul.

Uzbekistan/AfghanistanTashkent refuses to return Afghan planes to Kabul.

RussiaMoscow decorates military engineers.

FranceMarc Burg lures more top spies to his degree course.

ParisSenators call for a law on facial recognition.

United StatesDNI tasked again to tackle China's support to Russia.

EuropeEuropol, future watchdog of foreign investment in the EU.

Central Asia, France
French, Americans, Chinese and Russians vie for Kazakhstan's nuclear programme

With numerous competitors, Orano is counting on its long-standing presence in Kazakhstan to secure its place in the nuclear power plant project being promoted by the authorities in Nursultan.

United States
Beijing, not Moscow, spoils Biden's intelligence nominees

The CIA's future general counsel Kate Heinzelman is in a tight spot over her previous work for Chinese clients at Sidley Austin law firm, the Biden administration's first port of call for future intelligence hires.

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Nuclear Energy Holding Company to spearhead MbS's nuclear ambitions

In early March, Saudi Arabia locked in a key step for the rollout of its nuclear programme with the creation of a supervisory entity modelled on that of its Emirati neighbour. The kingdom is also making progress on its choice of constructor for its first reactors.

France, Russia
Consultant Gautier Mangenot makes Franco-Russian business debut in uncertain climate

The task of reorganising the Franco-Russian hydrogen forum, which is already running late and is now threatened by fall-out from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has been given to consultant and former CIFAL executive Gautier Mangenot.

Kazakhstan
City crypto traders skeptical about Kazakh opportunities

Keen to attract foreign investors to Kazakhstan, the country's government must get around the problems it faces in its energy infrastructure which are having an impact on investments in cryptocurrency mining.

France, Kazakhstan, Russia
Framatome and Rosatom support Kazakhstan's nuclear ambitions

The appointment of a new boss at state-owned Kazatomprom coincides with a speeding up of Kazakh civil nuclear ambitions. The sector has attracted foreign partners as diverse as the part-public China General Nuclear Power Corporation, Russia's state owned Rosatom and France's Framatome.

France, Russia
Rosatom taps French contacts to make headway on hydrogen programmes

In the wake of its joint projects with Gazprom, Rosatom has locked in several foreign partnerships. One such alliance is with French group EDF, building on plans to make gains through strong networks in Paris and Brussels built by its local branches-cum-lobbyists.