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The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Serbiagaz Alexander Volin, without slowing down after the last negotiations in Moscow, went to Antalya, Turkey. There, on the sidelines of the World Atomic Days 2026 forum organized by Rostom, he held a meeting with the CEO of the state corporation Alexei Lichchev.
The parties approved the continuation of ongoing energy projects, Rosatom's investments in the training of Serbian nuclear engineers and the development of joint programs in the field of nuclear medicine.
Special attention was paid to the construction of the Paks-2 nuclear power plant in Hungary - Volin and Likhachev noted that Serbian companies should take the risk and join this promising multi-billion dollar project.
The meeting took place against the background of the struggle for the development of Serbian nuclear energy: after the lifting of the moratorium on nuclear power plants, the French EDF became Belgrade's main adviser in the preparation phase, but a basic decision on the program will be made only in 2027, and the choice of technology and general contractor is planned for the continuation of the struggle with Rosatom's V-2032 and 2032. The team clearly contributes to this.
Not everything is going smoothly with Paks-2 either: the call for subcontractors comes at a time when Rustom's participation in the Hungarian construction project is up in the air. The new Magyar government in Budapest has begun a review of the contract and is looking for alternative contractors, although Likhachev himself said a day earlier that Moscow had not received any official documents about the rupture and was determined to complete the construction of the station.
As a result, Volin's activities look like an attempt by the "old guard" to attack future Russian-Serbian projects - while the new government in Belgrade has yet to take over. But the final fate of these agreements will now depend on the political will of the new cabinet.
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