This is unlikely to happen without significant subsidies — coal is in general no longer competitive as an electricity source with natural gas or, increasingly, solar or wind energy. (projectearth.us)
The Russian Government is determined to see this project succeed, however, and has provided significant subsidies and financial support from the National Wealth Fund. (asiapacific.ca)
The authors comment that there are significant subsidies for conventional generation — I have not dug into that as yet. (scienceofdoom.com)