143 shipping containers were not allowed to cross the border from Ukraine to Russia
143 railway shipping containers filled with Ukrainian goods, which were headed to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, were detained at the Russian border, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.
It was reported that as of the morning of August 1, 2016, 143 railway cars, which were going to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, were detained at the Ukraine-Russia border. "106 of these cars were sent to an alternate route, 33 cars were redirected to a receiving station and returned to the consignor, the other four wagons still remain at the border transfer station," the message stated.
At the same time, all the containers carrying Ukrainian goods, which have not been accepted by the Russian Federation on the border with Belarus, were returned to the State Administration of Railway Transport of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia. It is also reported that in recent days Ukrainian vehicle requests to cross the border have not been denied.
Earlier it was reported that Ukraine and Turkmenistan have intensified cooperation between their Chambers of Commerce.