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Russia signed a $16.5 billion agreement to build Kazakhstan's first commercial nuclear power plant, with Rosatom leading construction of two VVER-1200 reactors near Lake Balkhash. The deal, financed 85% by Russian export credit, deepens Moscow's nuclear footprint despite Western sanctions, while Kazakhstan — the world's largest uranium producer — argues the project addresses a growing electricity deficit that coal-fired infrastructure cannot solve.