This is reported by Reuters.
Alexander Lukashenko voiced the idea during negotiations in the Kremlin with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
“If a decision is made, we will immediately start building a new power unit or even a new station – if there is a need for electricity in western Russia or in the ‘liberated territories,'” Lukashenko said, using the terminology Moscow uses for occupied parts of Ukraine.
Putin replied that “financing is not a problem at all. If there is a consumer who will take electricity and pay the tariff, then it is not an issue at all.”
The proposal underscores the close ties between Putin and Lukashenko, despite US President Donald Trump’s parallel attempts to influence the Belarusian leader by offering sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners and rapprochement with the West.
Belarus remains a close ally of Moscow and supports the war against Ukraine, including by providing its territory for the invasion of Russian troops in 2022. Putin meets with Lukashenko more often than with any other foreign leader.
