News / Beijing and Moscow develop rail trade with new route and river bridge

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Russia’s rail operators have stepped up their efforts to find new markets to offset crippling sanctions imposed by the west following the invasion of Ukraine.

A new RZD Logistics service links Moscow, India and the UAE, using the 7,200km International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran from the city’s Agrohub terminal.

And approval has been given for a China-Russia bridge that will save 2,000km on some routes.

RZD Logistics CEO Dmitriy Murev said: “We have been successfully cooperating with ...