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Political issues rather than economy hit railway industry

Nov 04, 2009
By Ella Karapetyan

Estonian Railways faces excess capacity as Russian transit moves elsewhere.
TALLINN - There has recently been a lot of discussion in political, business and scientific circles about the importance of railway transit, and the transit cluster development, as a driving factor in the Estonian economy. During and after the April 2007 events surrounding the moving of the Bronze statue, it has been claimed that Russia is applying hidden economic sanctions on Estonia that have resulted in reduced rail freight volume and increased road transport border crossing problems. Those ...

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