Rail traffic with friendly countries up 23% in 2022

This was announced in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin by the Director General of the Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov.

“The volume of cargo transportation with friendly countries increased by 23%, while unfriendly countries sank by almost 40%, respectively, from 365 to 210 million (tons -

), and this trend continues,” Belozerov said, his words are quoted on the website Kremlin.

He stressed that countries that do not want to work with Russia "lose a lot of things."

Earlier, the Central Bank of Russia said that the surplus of the country's foreign trade in goods and services in 2022 amounted to $282.3 billion.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Victoria Abramchenko said that Russia in 2022, despite the sanctions, increased food exports to friendly countries by a quarter.