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Plans in hand for Russia’s Silk Road stretch

Planning is in hand for the construction of Russia’s Silk Route's section. The Silk Road project is intended to connect China with Europe by road. The stretch in Russia will link Moscow’s Central Ring Road to Kazakhstan. The cost of this stretch of the road project estimated at around US$11.8 billion. The route will run from Europe to Western China and will be 8,500km long in all, of which 2,189km will run through Russian territory. The total spending on the construction of the whole length of the road is e
September 30, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Planning is in hand for the construction of Russia’s Silk Route's section. The Silk Road project is intended to connect China with Europe by road. The stretch in Russia will link Moscow’s Central Ring Road to Kazakhstan. The cost of this stretch of the road project estimated at around US$11.8 billion. The route will run from Europe to Western China and will be 8,500km long in all, of which 2,189km will run through Russian territory. The total spending on the construction of the whole length of the road is expected to reach around $18.96 billion.

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