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Is the INSTC Russia’s new economic escape route?
The INSTC, a pipe dream for years, is offering a vital economic escape path for Moscow as it battles sanctions.
As the world worried about Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports in the Black Sea in late June, Vladimir Putin had a different trade route on his mind. Addressing leaders of nations that sit on the Caspian Sea, the Russian president spoke of a “truly ambitious project” as the centrepiece of Moscow’s efforts to “improve the transport and logistics architecture of the region”.
For more than two decades, the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) — a 7,200-kilometre (4,474-mile) network of railroads, highways and maritime routes that connects Russia and India through Iran — has been little more than a pipe dream. But this old wine is finally ready to be uncorked by Moscow, Tehran and New Delhi, according to analysts. A rare confluence of geopolitical and economic incentives is turning the route into a potentially vital economic escape pathway for Moscow as tough Western sanctions deny the Kremlin access to European markets.
US pressure
That alignment could still face disruptions. New Delhi, already at odds with Washington and Brussels over its increased imports of Russian oil, is likely to witness new pressure from the West if it doubles down on the INSTC, said experts.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/7/27/russias-new-economic-escape-route
If- as I believe- Biden pushed Russia into war with Ukraine in order to have Nord Stream 2 closed , to his benefit, then the Israeli fascists will see this as a lever to push the US into war with Iran in order to maintain and enhance US/Israeli hegemony.
Expect AIPAC's Congresspersons and Senators to clamor louder for ' brave little Israel '. That's to sell their war to YOU.