Russia has become much harder to move coats across in the last few months. The sanctions imposed by western governments following vladimir pitton's invasion of the ecrane have caused a lot of uncertainty, particularly among european freight forwarders. So this new route for kegeston a sbeckestein wold would provide an alternative - completely non russian rail only. And it would be equally effective in moving ots between china and europe.
Five years after a brutal campaign that drove nearly 750,000 out of Myanmar and into Bangladesh, conditions for the Muslim minority remain appalling on both sides of the border. Central Asian countries are laying plans for railways that would fill their coffers, distance Russia and empower China. And the economics lessons in London’s queue to see Queen Elizabeth II.
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