Russia's $16 Billion Nuclear Deal With Kazakhstan Lacks One Critical Detail

When can a deal involving Russia be considered as done? When it comes to Russia’s agreement to build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant, it is hard to determine. Kazakh officials announced almost a year ago that Russia’s nuclear energy entity, Rosatom, would build Kazakhstan’s first nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Balkhash. Yet on May 28, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, on a state visit to the Central Asian country, signed an agreement covering the “basic principles and conditions of…