The route between Europe's biggest inland port in Duisburg and China's economic centers is part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, the New Silk Road. Its 11,000 km rail route carries some 200,000 containers annually - and partially crosses through Russian territory.

For China and the EU it’s an important project - and for that reason has been largely spared from sanctions.

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