In an olive branch to President Zelenskiy,
Tuesday, June 25, 2019


In an olive branch to President Zelenskiy, President Putin decreed Monday that trucks and trains carrying goods to and from Ukraine may cross Russia as long as they carry seals allowing tracking by Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigational system. Effective July 1, the liberalization is billed by Russia as a concession to Kazakhstan and other Central Asia countries. But it may be in response to pressure from China. With China-EU freight trains backing up at the rail gauge break on the Belarus-Poland border, Chinese shippers want to use an alternative rail route – through Ukraine.