Associated Press: Russia’s ambassador to Belarus says Moscow will finance Belarus’ first nuclear power plant and construction will begin this year. Alexander Surikov says the $5 billion project will be on “maximally beneficial credit terms” for Belarus and will be built by the Russian state monopoly, Atomstroiexport. Critics say the plant will increase Minsk’s dependence on Moscow. Environmentalists are angry that it’s being built near the border of Lithuania on a nature reserve that is a …