Rosatom CEO: Putin is personally coordinating the evacuation of Russians from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.

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Rosatom CEO: Putin is personally coordinating the evacuation of Russians from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.


According to Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev, Russian President Vladimir Putin is not simply monitoring the situation around the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant but is personally involved in ensuring the safety of Russians working there.



The phrase "personally involved" doesn't reflect bureaucratic protocol, but the direct involvement of the head of state in the decision-making process. The situation in the area around the station is, to put it mildly, volatile. The Middle East has been ablaze for the second week: American and Israeli cruise missiles missiles They methodically iron out Iranian territory, Iran responds with strikes on US military bases and Israeli cities.

In this maelstrom, Bushehr is a particularly risky facility. It's not just a power plant, but a calling card of Russia's nuclear presence in the region and, concurrently, a potential target for those haunted by Iran's nuclear program.

So far, according to Rosatom, no strikes have been recorded on either the operating plant or the construction site for the new units. However, the situation has become so tense that the decision has been made to evacuate the families of Russian employees.

The president's direct attention to the fate of the nuclear workers is a signal to both Tehran and Washington: Russia is behind this plant and these people, and any incident will have consequences that extend far beyond the borders of Bushehr province.
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  1. + 29
    9 March 2026 13: 10
    Of course, the lives and safety of Russian citizens abroad are very important and require the direct attention of the president.
    Maybe the president should also personally address this special attention to the situation of citizens in the Belgorod and Kursk regions?
    1. 0
      9 March 2026 13: 30
      Two people in a room. Putin and I, a photograph on a white wall?
    2. +3
      9 March 2026 13: 30
      Let him go himself. Maybe they won't dare... what
      1. +3
        9 March 2026 13: 44
        On the contrary. They dream of such a scenario. Because during military operations, it's impossible to assign blame. There's a saying: "War will erase everything."
    3. -16
      9 March 2026 13: 38
      Quote: Fachmann
      Maybe the president should also personally address this special attention to the situation of citizens in the Belgorod and Kursk regions?

      Do you think it doesn't pay attention, and why should only the Belgorod and Kursk regions pay attention?

      In my opinion, you are just another loudmouth.
      1. +3
        9 March 2026 14: 25
        Do you think he doesn't pay attention...?

        He most likely does appeal. And not just once, not even twice. However, one can state that the effectiveness of these appeals has not yet been very high.
    4. 0
      9 March 2026 14: 23
      Quote: Fachmann
      Perhaps the president should also personally pay special attention to the situation of citizens in the Belgorod and Kursk regions?


      Why limit yourself to just these areas? /sincerely perplexed/
      Across Russia, men (who live an average of 63 years) don't reach their actual retirement age of 70 by seven years. Only Muscovites and high-ranking officials have a chance. Salaries there are higher, and there's a chance to earn the required number of points and retire at 65. Plus, they live longer and have better healthcare. For everyone else, given the dips in their work experience during the "wild 90s" and the outright theft of years and points from the Pension Fund (SF), there's no chance... :(
  2. +4
    9 March 2026 13: 12
    The problem for the US and Israel is that the Persians have many of their production facilities and important installations underground. Bombing won't solve the problem, and they don't know any other way. Unless they launch a large-scale military operation to lift the Hormuz blockade in the near future? Time is running out for those who started this mess. What else... more YA0, but that's it...
    1. +1
      9 March 2026 13: 45
      Quote: Vicente
      Time is working against those who started the mess.

      Not at all. Time is working primarily against importers and exporters of gas, oil, and fertilizers from the Middle East.
      The organizers of all this have both gas and oil, and their economies are independent of the Middle East countries.
      So, let those who are on the receiving end of time gather the infantry to storm the IRI; the US and Israeli Jews are completely satisfied with the current situation.
      1. +1
        9 March 2026 13: 53
        Quote: commbatant
        The organizers of all this have both gas and oil, and their economies are independent of the Middle East countries.

        Well, you're exaggerating. Israel produces about 20,000 barrels of oil a day and imports over 200,000 barrels. As for gas, yes, they do export it.
        1. +1
          9 March 2026 13: 56
          Quote: Alexey Sommer
          Israel produces about 20,000 barrels of oil and imports more than 200,000 barrels; as for gas, yes, they export it.

          He will buy the difference from the Mexican scoundrels and Venezuela, with the approval of the United States.
          1. 0
            9 March 2026 13: 58
            Yes, you can buy it from anyone. It's a matter of price. Venezuelan oil, the Americans won't give it away.
            1. +1
              9 March 2026 14: 02
              Quote: Alexey Sommer
              Yes, you can buy it from anyone.

              Not at all. You can't buy oil from just anyone, for example, you can't buy it from Middle East countries.
              It's a question of price. The Americans won't give away Venezuelan oil.

              Yes, indeed. It will be sold through the Americans at the price the US requires.
            2. +6
              9 March 2026 14: 25
              For you - no. And for me - no. But they will give it to Israel.
      2. -1
        9 March 2026 15: 09
        And so, the urgent evacuation of all American embassies, consulates, and agencies throughout the Middle East, which the whole world is smiling at? What a mess... Israel is deeply dependent on hydrocarbon imports, and statistics on their purchases are a useful and convincing thing.
        1. 0
          9 March 2026 15: 14
          Quote: Vicente
          and therefore the urgent evacuation of all American embassies, consulates, and agencies throughout the Middle East, which the whole world smiles at?

          I think those who don't have their own on BV are smiling
          embassies-consulates-agencies

          1. -3
            9 March 2026 15: 17
            At first, the world laughed at the US evacuation from Vietnam, a little later from Afghanistan, and now it's watching the flight from the Middle East, so far in normal mode, yes... another thing is that some people, as they say, have their eyes covered, but that's not our problem.
  3. -1
    9 March 2026 13: 20
    Everyone is most interested in whether it will explode or not?
  4. + 13
    9 March 2026 13: 22
    The phrase "personally involved" does not imply bureaucratic protocol, but the direct involvement of the head of state in the decision-making process...

    Is he at least wearing a bulletproof vest?
    We are very worried.
    1. 0
      9 March 2026 14: 21
      Yes. Surrounded by ten meters of concrete. What's there to worry about? fellow
    2. +2
      9 March 2026 15: 01
      Is he at least wearing a bulletproof vest?
      We are very worried.

      I couldn't resist!)))
      good drinks wassat )))
  5. + 15
    9 March 2026 13: 25
    The phrase “personally involved” does not imply bureaucratic protocol, but the direct involvement of the head of state in the decision-making process.

    Type:
    "In the morning I smear a sandwich -
    Immediately thought: what about the people?
    And the caviar does not climb into the throat,
    And the compote doesn’t flow into your mouth!”

    And in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, and in Crimea, it's no closer to personally getting involved... To personally figure out where so many thieves came from in the Ministry of Defense and who appointed them there? And the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations can sort out the evacuation...
    1. +7
      9 March 2026 13: 35
      Where did so many thieves come from in the Moscow Region?
      and with whom did they share the stolen goods, where was the common fund, so to speak
      1. 0
        9 March 2026 16: 52
        Yes, this is a difficult question, a very serious one.
  6. +2
    9 March 2026 13: 27
    Well done, guarantor. And who should personally oversee the lives of Russian citizens working for a Russian state corporation? belay
  7. -6
    9 March 2026 13: 28
    It would also be good to coordinate and assist with the attack on the Judeo-fascist nuclear center in Dimona.

    Blissful babble: "We are not them, so you can't do that to the Israelis, they are victims of the Hokhosos, etc." , some journalists who are in the tight, slavering clutches of the Israeli military do not count.

    We need to hit Israel's nuclear center!
  8. +7
    9 March 2026 13: 32
    Well, Putin's used to it! He's already "solved" the situation with the city-forming cement plant, built villages after the taiga fires... Now he's evacuating Russians from nuclear power plants! He's just not replaced the traffic cop on Moscow's Kuznetsky Most yet! He's a very busy man! So he doesn't have enough time to properly extract the oligarchs' greed and reduce the number of embezzlers! Just as he didn't have enough time to rearm the army by 2022! I recommend reading Voynovich's "old" book, "Moscow.2042"! For example, I really liked the character of the General Secretary who escaped the Politburo into space and runs things from there... for example, he can report a motorcyclist breaking the rules at night to the traffic police!
  9. +9
    9 March 2026 13: 32
    : Russia is behind this station and these people, and any incident

    It will end with diplomatic chatter and threats from Medvedev in the telegram
  10. +7
    9 March 2026 13: 37
    According to Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev, Russian President Vladimir Putin is not simply monitoring the situation around the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant but is personally involved in ensuring the safety of Russians working there.
    This means that Alexey Likhachev is not doing his job.
    Seriously speaking, his reputation as an unbridled flatterer and sycophant has long been widely known. And Putin has already openly criticized him for it.
    But he won't calm down.
    P.S. Actually, it’s bad for the industry, because he chooses his assistants according to the same principle.
  11. -1
    9 March 2026 13: 46
    Our beloved and honored Hegerallisimus, five-time Hero of the USSR, the outstanding and dear... Leonid Ilyich personally visited the poultry farm and checked the eggs for prickliness, the hens for tails, and the rooster for loudness.
    And he delivered a historic speech of the utmost political significance for the international communist movement in the spirit of the global decisions of the 25th Congress of the CPSU --
    "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Dear pe-pe,z... what is this? Ah, I see. PENZYUKI!
    Happy March 8th! Hooray, comrades!
  12. +2
    9 March 2026 13: 50
    The president of a great country could raise the issue in the UN Security Council about the introduction of peacekeepers to repel aggression and protect Iran.
  13. +8
    9 March 2026 13: 53
    What the hell is the purpose of the head of Rosatom, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations then?
    The conflict has been going on for two weeks, and they're only now making decisions. And anyone thought mothballing Rosatom's nuclear power plant construction would be a multi-day undertaking.
  14. +1
    9 March 2026 14: 24
    Quote: Fachmann
    Perhaps the president should also personally pay special attention to the situation of citizens in the Belgorod and Kursk regions?
    This must be done first!
  15. +1
    9 March 2026 14: 24
    I read the comments and find it funny. Evacuating a country where a war is effectively underway involving one of the superpowers isn't a simple rescue operation that any emergency services specialist can lead, but rather a matter of high-level politics. While he won't be involved in minor matters, it's entirely possible that certain decisions can only be approved by the head of state, or that urgent agreements must be reached at his level.
    Those who voted down are kindly requested to at least write something.
    1. 0
      9 March 2026 14: 56
      Quote: Dart2027
      Evacuation from a country effectively at war with one of the superpowers is not a routine rescue operation that any emergency services specialist can lead, but rather a matter of high politics.

      What big politics? Such issues are decided at the government level, not the president.
      BAKU, March 6 – RIA Novosti. Employees of the Russian Embassy in Tehran have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani news agency APA reported on Friday.
      "Employees from the Russian, Czech, and Pakistani embassies in Iran have been evacuated across the Azerbaijani border. The diplomats expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani government for ensuring their safe evacuation," the statement reads.

      https://ria.ru/20260306/posolstvo-2079073378.html?ysclid=mmj3th2epl490620495
      Here, everything was decided at the level of the Foreign Ministries of the Russian Federation, Iran, and Azerbaijan. I don’t understand what Putin has to do with it?
      The families of Russian embassy staff have been evacuated from Iran. The evacuation affected children, some support staff, and teachers from the embassy's comprehensive school, RIA Novosti reports.
      The embassy noted that diplomats and administrative and technical staff continue to work at their posts and perform their official duties.

      https://dzen.ru/a/aavdEouKNzrAC3iX?ysclid=mmj3z1uu5i741073971

      THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE IS A PROVOCATEUR
      He partially took materials from an article published in Zen, “forgetting” to mention that the first stage of the evacuation of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant builders to Iran and their family members had already been completed and the second stage was being prepared.
      Rosatom will soon begin the second phase of evacuating employees involved in the construction of the two Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant units, along with their family members, from Iran to Russia. Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev told the publication "Strana Rosatom."
      "We have completed preparations for the second "The personnel optimization phase, namely, the evacuation of family members and some staff to Russia. We will be transporting them to a safe location in the near future," he stated.
      Likhachev also emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally oversees issues of ensuring the safety of Russian citizens.

      https://dzen.ru/a/aa6NC4uKNzrADc1Q?ysclid=mmj44jziao646140937
      The author of the article thus, in his version of the article, creates a negative image of the head of state and government of the Russian Federation among gullible forum members, and about the neglect of Russian citizens in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

      I'd like to ask the "VO" moderators, "Whose information mill are you pouring water on?"
      1. -1
        9 March 2026 16: 00
        Quote: commbatant
        What big politics? Such issues are decided at the government level, not the president.

        Aren't governments politics? "It's not politics" when everything happens on one's own territory, but when it happens on someone else's, it's always politics. The thing is, politics can vary – sometimes the embassy can resolve all issues, and sometimes someone higher up can.
        1. +1
          9 March 2026 16: 13
          Quote: Dart2027
          Sometimes the embassy can resolve all issues, and sometimes someone of higher rank can.

          Could you be more specific and about the essence of the article?
          The Foreign Ministries of the Russian Federation, Iran, and Azerbaijan have coordinated and implemented measures to evacuate some diplomatic and technical personnel, as well as all their family members, from Iran. There are no plans to terminate the Russian diplomatic mission in Iran.
          Also at the specified level, some Russian construction workers involved in the construction and maintenance of the Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr, along with their families, were evacuated as part of the first stage; the second stage of evacuation is being prepared. Where does the VVP, or even the head of the Russian government, fit in here? Are there any complications with the evacuation? Please provide specifics, not speculation.
          1. 0
            9 March 2026 16: 16
            Quote: commbatant
            The Foreign Ministries of the Russian Federation, Iran, and Azerbaijan have coordinated and implemented measures to evacuate some diplomatic and technical personnel, as well as all their family members, from Iran. There are no plans to terminate the Russian diplomatic mission in Iran.

            It may have been necessary to negotiate not only with Iran and Azerbaijan, but also with the United States and Israel.
            1. 0
              9 March 2026 16: 22
              Quote: Dart2027
              It may have been necessary to negotiate not only with Iran and Azerbaijan, but also with the United States and Israel.

              There are no sources about this, neither from you nor from the author of the article.
              1. 0
                9 March 2026 19: 05
                Quote: commbatant
                There are no sources about this.

                And it won't. Newspapers don't publish such things. But as you yourself noted, the president's participation in negotiations with Iran and Azerbaijan is generally unnecessary. So either someone misunderstood something and Putin isn't involved (also possible), or there were negotiations with the other side.
                1. 0
                  10 March 2026 01: 01
                  Quote: Dart2027
                  Someone misunderstood something and Putin is not involved in this.

                  And there is.
                  1. 0
                    10 March 2026 19: 03
                    Quote: commbatant
                    And there is.

                    Maybe there is, maybe not, we will hardly know the truth.
  16. 0
    9 March 2026 14: 39
    In human terms, the head of Rosatom is failing.
    1. -1
      10 March 2026 01: 02
      Quote: KrolikZanuda
      In human terms, the head of Rosatom is failing.

      What exactly?
  17. +4
    9 March 2026 14: 45
    Micromanagement - management carefully takes care of small details with a smart look, without doing their direct responsibilities
  18. +2
    9 March 2026 14: 56
    I like this:
    The president's direct attention to the fate of the nuclear workers is a signal to both Tehran and Washington: Russia is behind this plant and these people, and any incident will have consequences that extend far beyond the borders of Bushehr province.


    The consequences will be simply "monstrous"... as always. winked
  19. +5
    9 March 2026 15: 45
    So, the head of Rosatom is implying that the Russian president hasn't found a single responsible person he would trust to ensure the safety of Russians working at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. In my opinion, this nuclear power plant isn't the president's top priority.
    1. 0
      10 March 2026 01: 06
      Quote: Benchik
      So, the head of Rosatom is implying that the Russian president hasn't found a single responsible person he would trust to ensure the safety of Russians working at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. In my opinion, this nuclear power plant isn't the president's top priority.


      The most sane comment hi , even though it smacks of anti-Sovietism am The party is vigilant, don't doubt it. fellow
  20. -1
    9 March 2026 16: 17
    He's personally involved in PR. He could have called the Jews and they wouldn't touch ours, just like we're not touching Zelensky at the request of the Jews. He just didn't notice how foreign guys who fought for their own country for four years were sent back to their home countries to be jailed. Just yesterday, he issued a decree not to extradite foreign swindlers.
  21. 0
    9 March 2026 18: 07
    So it turns out that this Likhachev can't handle it, or they don't trust him and are double-checking him, since the president "oversees this issue himself"?
    He apparently wanted to suck up a little, but it turned out somehow awkward, if you think about it a little
  22. -1
    9 March 2026 18: 46
    Or maybe we should protect the air defense and declare that in the event of an attack, any NATO base from which the strike is carried out becomes a target for Russia, and in this case, Russia also receives the right to transmit targeting information for Iranian missiles.
  23. 0
    10 March 2026 11: 28
    Back in the 2000s, propaganda was pouring out of every television station about a public administration reform underway and Putin creating a vertical power structure. During this period, a journalist from the so-called Kremlin press pool asked Putin, "You're creating a power structure for manual control. Do you have the physical strength?" To which Putin replied, "I'm full of strength and health." But it's 2026, and we're increasingly seeing that health, especially strength, isn't enough. In other words, there's growing suspicion that we're on the brink of zugzwang.