[Ynet] Egypt's president says Egypt and Russia have agreed to build a nuclear power plant together and that officials from both countries have signed a memorandum of understanding on the project.
| Oh goody -- that's sure to go well. How long until various bits are held together by duct tape, bailing wire, and Allah's changeable will, gaping holes in the floor are covered by cardboard, and workers wear safety equipment only because they've been told it prevents sterility? (Mr. Wife told stories about the factory of one of his suppliers, back in the day. Absolutely terrifying.) |
Tuesday's announcement by Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi came during a joint presser in Cairo with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin
 ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead.... |