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    Russian Railways appeals to countries in Caucasus to unblock railroads

    RosBusinessConsulting, Russia
    Sept 10 2004

    RBC, 10.09.2004, Sukhumi 18:25:13.Russian Railways has appealed
    to politicians in the countries of the Caucasus to make a decision
    to unblock the railroads in the region, Russian Railways President
    Gennady Fadeyev declared at the opening of regular service on the
    Sukhumi-Moscow route. According to him, the railroads in Abkhazia
    had been out of use over the previous 12 years, which has resulted in
    a decrease in the volume of passenger and freight transportation to
    Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, causing losses reaching billions of
    dollars. "Economic development of any country is impossible without
    the development of railway services, as transportation by rail is
    the cheapest way to deliver freight," Fadeyev pointed out.

    Only passenger services have so far been opened on the Sukhumi-Moscow
    route. However, talks are being held with the government of Abkhazia
    to resume freight transportation in 2005. Fadeyev remarked that 18
    trains a day used to go via Sukhumi in both directions before 1992.
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