Republicans urge Biden to prevent French company from collaborating with Russian nuclear company

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A letter to President Biden from two Republicans warned that waiving Russia sanctions would allow a French power company to work with Russia-owned nuclear company Rosatom.

Two influential Republican U.S. lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to prevent a French company from working on civil nuclear power projects with Russia's state-owned nuclear company Rosatom, saying doing otherwise would help fund Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. In a letter seen by Reuters, Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sen.

This waiver will result in more money in Putin's coffers to fund his brutal war of aggression against Ukraine and suppression of democracy,' the lawmakers said in the letter, dated May 6. 'We urge you to reject this proposal.' 'We believe the only way to influence the administration’s decision is to go public,' a spokesperson for Risch told Reuters. Biden last month signed into law an aid package with nearly $61 billion in military assistance for Ukraine.

The lawmakers said exempting EDF from U.S. sanctions would allow it to purchase a subsidiary of a U.S. company that had been engaged in nuclear power projects with Rosatom in Hungary, Turkey and Egypt, projects that have been suspended for years due to sanctions. The lawmakers said over-dependence on Russian energy poses a threat to transatlantic security, and 'it is incomprehensible that your administration would consider actively perpetuating this dependence.

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