Russia Expands Global Nuclear Footprint Despite Western Pushback

Russia is looking to maintain its position as “one of the biggest builders of new nuclear plants in the world,” a top envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Financial Times in an interview published on Monday.  “We are building more than 10 different units around the world,” Boris Titov, Putin’s special representative for international cooperation in sustainability, told FT.  “We need a lot of energy. We will not be able to provide this energy without using . . . nuclear,”…