Billionaire’s Nuclear Plan to Test Frosty Poland-Russia Ties

  • Solorz mulls buying nuclear plant stake in Kaliningrad exclave
  • New Russian energy link would require change in Polish policy
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Polish billionaire Zygmunt Solorz is considering becoming an investor in a nuclear project in Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, testing his country’s resolve to cut energy ties with its resource-rich eastern neighbor.

Solorz is betting that his plan -- which includes constructing a power link between the two countries -- would allow Poland to import cheaper electricity and at least partly offset the surging costs of burning coal.