Russia to build nuclear power plant in Venezuela
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia agreed on Friday to help build Venezuela's first nuclear power plant and buy $1.6 billion of oil assets, reinforcing ties with President Hugo Chavez, who shares Moscow's opposition to U.S. global dominance. Chavez presided over the deals at a Kremlin ceremony with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who said the countries shared a “strategic partnership” and a vision of a world free of overwhelming U.S. influence. “Both Russia and Venezuela favor the development of a modern and just world order — a world order in which our future does not depend on the will or desire of any one country, its well-being or its…
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