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The preliminary cost of the project has increased as the carrying capacity of the Eastern polygon has risen to 270 mln tons, Valentin Ivanov noted

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FESCO launches intermodal route from Belarus to India and China via Saint-Petersburg

Russian Railways (RZD) plans to invest in 2024 a record amount of about 400 billion rubles (4.4 billion U.S. dollars) of its own funds in the construction of the Eastern Polygon, which includes the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) and the Trans-Siberian Railway (Transsib), RIA Novosti reported on Tuesday.

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North-South ITC cargo traffic in Q1’23 doubled to 2.3 million tonnes

Kemerovo Region and Russian Railways determine volumes of coal to be transported eastwards in 2023

Russian Railways would like to revoke the priority given so far to containerised cargo

Photo: Ilya Repin In the context of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Russia began spending money from the National Welfare Fund to cover the budget deficit — the countrys reserve has not been used for such purposes since 2017. Starting from the first tranche in August and to December, 290 billion rubles were allocated to the treasury. However, the Russian National Wealth Fund not only “did not lose weight”, but also increased its volume by 74%. Chinese yuan and Japanese yen appeared in...