News / Russia looks to expand rail links, but has trouble oiling the wheels

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Russia’s government may be pushing its logistics to the rails to avoid sanctions, but a lack of lubricants has left it some 50,000 train services short on its existing connections.

News broke this week that the Putin government was providing Tehran with $1.7bn to build a 100-mile stretch of track linking the Iranian cities of Astara and Rasht, in an effort to open connections to Mumbai and further skirt western sanctions.

And Bloomberg has reported that ...