Russia seeks rail route to Indian Ocean to reduce reliance on Hormuz, Bosphorus

Moscow: Russia needs to create a railway route to the Indian Ocean to reduce dependence on strategically sensitive maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and the Bosphorus Strait, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has said. His comments came amid the conflict in West Asia, which has severely disrupted shipping through the Strait of […]