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The cross-border volume of cargo in Russia’s Far East soared 1.5 times compared to last year Russia and China have significantly increased the volume of cargo traffic through road checkpoints in the Far East since the beginning of 2023, data provided by Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FCS) shows.

Russia’s economy is expected to grow by more than 2%, Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov has said. Reshetnikov told TASS news agency that the forecast is preliminary, noting that work on the final figures would be completed by the ministry later this month.