News / Russian logistics companies enjoy high demand on new routes

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The Russian shipping and transportation sector is adapting to new realities amid an ever-tightening sanctions regime and the exodus of major logistics and transport companies from the country.

The beginning of Russian-Ukranian military conflict in February last year led to a serious drop in the market – but it provided serious opportunities for growth for domestic companies to fill vacancies left by foreign players.

Maxim Tolstobrov, commercial director of СDEK, one of Russia’s largest express companies, in an exclusive interview, said  the departure ...