Finland spent $35 million last year to buy the necessary equipment from Russia to maintain its atomic power plants Finland has increased purchases of components from Russia to maintain operation of its nuclear power plants, business daily Kauppalehti reported on Wednesday, citing customs data.

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Russian Railways (RZD) said on Thursday it was unable to make coupon payments on its dollar-denominated Eurobonds on time due to technical problems with Western banks. The company was hit with UK sanctions last month, so any bond payments are considered frozen assets and blocked on the account of the agent bank.