Ukraine sent its first freight train on the “Silk Road” route bypassing Russia / Facebook
Russian transit ban and trade embargo will not prevent Ukrainian freight transportation to Central Asia, that’s according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk who revealed in his Facebook posting a map of a new cargo route to Asia bypassing the Russian Federation.
Launching a new freight train on the new Silk Road - from the Ukraine through Georgia and Azerbaijan to Central Asia would allow Ukrainian exporters to bypass transit and trade embargo imposed by Moscow early January 2016.
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