<h1>Project cost overruns in Rooppur nuclear plant will raise consumer electricity tariffs and complicate loan repayments under sanctions.</h1> Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant's 2016 Russian-financed contract has produced marked cost escalation from currency depreciation and ancillary expenditures, resulting in projected electricity tariffs materially above original government estimates. Sanctions on the Russian contractor and its bank have impeded loan servicing and international payments, creating sovereign payment risk and complicating fund transfers to subcontractors. Allegations of corruption and a pattern of mega-project overruns heighten governance concerns and underscore long-term fiscal and regulatory burdens linked to the plant.