KIEV, May 24 – Russia is ready to invest in the development of the production facilities of Kharkiv-based OJSC Turboatom if a joint venture is created on the basis of the company, Rosatom Director General Sergei Kiriyenko said.

"We discussed projects on the expansion of orders for Kharkiv's Turboatom with the Ukrainian government. If it decides to create a JV on the basis of Turboatom, we'll invest in it," he said in an interview with the Ekonomicheskaya Pravda publication.