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NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is losing $11 million monthly due to Russia’s restricts coal transit to Ukraine through its territory, according to the Kazakh Ministry of Trade and Integration press service.
“The current ban on the transit of certain Kazakh goods by Russia discredits the treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union’s (EAEU) basic principles on restricting the freedom of movement of goods. The use of transit restrictions by Russia negatively affects the economic condition of Kazakhstan’s coal industry. According to preliminary estimates, Kazakh coal producers’ monthly losses from the reduction …read more
Source:: The Astana Times