Electricity exports from Finland to the Russian Federation will begin in the coming year, despite the difficult political situation in the European Union, said the first day of the week the Finnish media.
According to the authorized organization Fingrid responsible for the electrical, war in the Ukraine had no impact on the schedule and not delayed the signing of contracts for the supply of electricity from Finland to the Russian Federation. Now the conversations are at an advanced stage, according to ITAR-TASS. Export volume is small in comparison to domestic consumption or import of electricity from Russia and will not affect the strategic reserves of electricity in Abykzylbb. The first delivery of electricity from Finland to the Russian Federation was carried out during the tests, reverse in September 2013 in the amount of 2700 MW-hours. FGC UES may 12 reported readiness for bilateral transfer of power between Russia and Finland through the substation 400 KV " Vyborg ", located in the Leningrad region. On the project of reverse power between the 2 countries, the Firm has worked since 2008. Remember, September 14, Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb tried to convince not to mix politics and Economics, and not to interfere with the construction of Fennovoima together with Rosatom nuclear power plant in Pyh?joki. In the beginning of winter last year, the Finnish Company Fennovoima announced that he had signed with a subsidiary plant Rosatom " RusAtom overseas " contract for production and delivery of a nuclear reactor for nuclear power plants " Hanhikivi-1 " in the Northern part of Finland in Pyh?joki. It is planned that " RusAtom overseas " will deliver to the station reactor with a capacity of 1 thousand 200 MW. Finland has a positive experience with a Russian reactor: for decades of trouble-free operate two units of VVER-440 NPP " Loviisa ". Finland was named among the countries, which hampered the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, but in the end, the Minister for European Affairs and foreign trade of Lenita Toivakka reported support punishment.

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