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Featured August 2, 2024

Aeroflot Expected To Provide Direct Flights To Bali From September  

Aeroflot has requested permission to arrange direct flights to and from the island of Bali, starting from September 2024, the airline has stated. The airline is now awaiting the Indonesian aviation authorities’ decision, however this is expected to be granted. Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday […]

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Featured August 2, 2024

Development of the Zabaikalsk-Manzhouli Russia-China Border Checkpoint

The Zabaikalsk border checkpoint on the Chinese border with Manzhouli in China’s Inner Mongolia Province is now the most in-demand crossing between Russia and China for cargo carriers. According to Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FCS), in the first six months of this year, imports of Chinese goods to Russia through this border crossing increased by […]

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August 1, 2024

Russia, China Extend Far East Cargo Routes To Include Cross-Border River Transport

Amur, Ussuri Rivers give Pacific Ocean access to China’s landlocked Heilongjiang Province Russia and China are developing cargo transport corridors under the joint “River-Sea” development programme for the first time. The Chinese deep-water, Manjita river port is located at Fuyuan city in Heilongjiang, with the Manjita port having access to the Amur (Heilongjiang) and Ussuri […]

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July 29, 2024

Russia-India Eastern Maritime Corridor To Be Enhanced

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that New Delhi and Moscow are working on expanding the capabilities of the 10,300-kilometre Chennai-Vladivostok Maritime Corridor connecting Russia’s Far East and Southeastern India. Referring to the concept as a meeting of the ‘Ganges & Volga’, Modi reiterated that the corridor is expected to reduce the time required […]

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July 15, 2024

Direct Rail Freight Service Launched From Ulyanovsk to Turkmenistan onto Iran & Pakistan

A new block container train will be launched from Ulyanovsk to Turkmenistan, Alexey Russkih, the Ulyanovsk governor has stated at the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom. This will allow goods from the Ulyanovsk region to be directly delivered to Turkmenistan, and also to Iran and Pakistan. Russkih said that “Together with colleagues from the Turkmen railways, […]

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July 5, 2024

Russia-Mongolia-China Economic Corridor To Be Developed

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has held trilateral meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State meetings in Astana.  The Russian Foreign Ministry said that “During a substantive conversation, they exchanged views on enhancing trilateral cooperation in […]

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July 2, 2024

Russian Passenger Flights Per Annum Third Highest In the World

The number of passengers for Russian airlines is expected to reach about 98.1 million over 2024, according to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) head Dmitry Yadrov. This ranks Russia as the world’s third largest passenger aviation market, behind the United States and China, and just ahead of India.   Yadrov said that “For now, we […]

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July 1, 2024

Yakutia To Revive Skovorodino Railway With Connections Through To North China 

Yakutia Railways has proposed the restoration of the Skovorodino – Reinovo railway, which would connect with the Russian Railways network and the Russia-China border crossing at Dzhalinda and Mohe in China’s Heilongjiang Province. That in turn links directly to the provincial capital Harbin, with onward links to Beijing and the Chinese national rail system. Mohe […]

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June 28, 2024

Russia, Kazakhstan and China Sign Agreement For A Digital Container Transport Platform

Russia, Kazakhstan and China are to conclude an Agreement for the creation of a Unified Digital Platform (ECP) for container transportation in order to optimize freight transport on the route connecting the three countries. The document is scheduled to be signed at the next meeting of the  Kazakh-Chinese Business Council at the beginning of next […]

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June 24, 2024

The Proposed Kuragino-Kyzyl Railway Could Extend To Western China

The delayed Kuragino-Kyzyl railway line, which is planned to run from Krasnoyarsk Krai to Tuva in south-eastern Russia, close to the border with Mongolia, has been proposed to be constructed and now extended to Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Province. The announcement was made by Vladislav Khovalyg, the head of the Republic of Tuva, […]

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