INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian railway depots are clogged with empty shipping containers from China amid a deepening trade imbalance between the two countries, the
independent business news outlet VPost reported Wednesday.Managers at Russian shipping companies told journalists that the container
Russia have surged by 76% in 2023, while imports have inched up by just 20.4%, VPost writes, leading to significantly more containers of
goods coming into Russia from China than are going back out.The situation has been further compounded by the nature of the traded goods, as
Russian raw materials are primarily transported to China via rail tanks and open wagons rather than in containers.VPost reports that Russian
