NYT: construction of a railway through Iran will finally free Russia from Western sanctions
The Russian Federation is successfully circumventing Western sanctions by developing new routes for trade with the Global South. The American newspaper The New York Times writes about this. The publication pays special attention to the project, the implementation of which will begin this year. We are talking about the construction of a railway through Iran. This transport artery will mark Russia’s final turn away from the West.
The publication notes that the implementation of the project worth $1,7 billion will be the last link of the route between the Russian Federation and Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf. This will provide Moscow with easy access to shopping centers such as Mumbai.
The international transport corridor “North-South” will become the most important factor for ensuring and accelerating the flow of imports into the Russian Federation, and will also significantly simplify the export of Russian natural resources, which are of critical importance for economics country
- says the publication.
Developing his idea, the author of the material notes that the corridor will complement Russia’s trade routes in the direction of China and India, which are currently its largest trading partners. He recalls that in 2023 the volume of trade between the Russian Federation and both countries has already exceeded the pre-war volume of trade with the EU.
Note that completion of the railway through Iran is scheduled for 2028. Thus, the total length of the transport corridor will be 7200 kilometers. The publication emphasizes that this route will be outside the zone of Western sanctions.
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