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Asia-Europe shippers and freight forwarders using the overland rail routes have been warned of potential disruption, as political tension mounts in the aftermath of the recent diversion of a passenger plane for the arrest of a Belarussian journalist.

Last month’s hugely controversial incident, which saw a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius diverted under military escort to Minsk, has so far led to the EU banning European carriers from flying over Belarussian airspace.

The EU is also preparing to impose sanctions on ...