Russia may block access to metal from China
Russia is an important link in the road freight route, thanks to the use of production in the West. On Sunday, January 22, according to Bloomberg.
Most of the rare earth elements are mined in China. At the same time, Russian transport companies are transporting ever-increasing volumes of consumption of metals and foodstuffs for the European defense industry.
According to EU data, the volume of rare earth metals from China shipped by train across Russia rose to 36,074 tonnes in the first months of 2022, more than double the volume transported in all of 2021.
Despite the huge number of anti-Russian meetings on the part of the EU, this chain continues to work. However, Russia is able to interrupt it, to save Bloomberg.
China and Russia are all uniting to confront more Western countries. At the same time, both Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are talking about the prospects for continued cooperation.
“Evening Moscow” figured out how it could be union of countries whether a full-fledged military alliance is possible in the future and how the union of Russia and China is to blame for the West.