Russian Railways: News

The arctic port development was all about saving europe and asia money with transport between the two regions being faster and cheaper and safer (no pirates)... but when Europe is a hostile enemy... why make exports to Europe cheaper?

Russia expanding transport capacity to Asia can then be turned into trade between Russia and Asia and perhaps down to Iran and the Middle East, perhaps across to Africa.

Why bother boosting trade to Europe if they are going to be such to Russia.

The trade was between Asia and the EU but Russia was going to benefit with traffic taking goods both ways with ports for breaks and repairs and also collecting materials from the far east and far north and putting them directly on a ship to where ever needs to go... China wasn't paying for rail lines and port upgrades... Russia was... this is for Russia... if the EU doesn't want cheaper trade with the billions of consumers in Asia then Russia does not need to cooperate... currently the North Sea route goes through Russian territorial waters so ships sailing through would want to be on good terms with Russia.

If the EU wants to go with the US Russia can oblige and let them, Russia does not need to assist trade between the EU and Asia if it is not profitable for them to do so.

As the west keeps escalating things then relations can only get worse... I don't think Russia would invade or attack HATO states that do not pose an immediate threat to Russia but they don't have to keep selling oil and gas to them either... the west has picked its side you would imagine listening to the US or Britain or Poland, but I think a few countries don't see things in quite such black and white terms... like Hungary who depend on Russian energy now and in the future regards to gas and oil and nuclear power..., while being essentially the only gas line going to Europe that does not go through Kiev makes Turkey very much interested in staying neutral and not rocking the boat.

Turkey is already under sanctions from its own allies in the west which must colour its world view too.

Friends like that...