Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[shavenferret]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

shavenferret said:

Russia's railway loads have dropped 8.6% in April, compared to a year ago.

https://www.railfreight.com/beltandroad/2025/05/08/russian-loading-drops-further-8-6-in-april/?gdpr=accept

Pretty normal if their main cargo from abroad isn't coming in anymore due to sanctions, and their main cargo inlands, armored vehicles, isn't coming through anymore due to lack of stocks...

Absolutely.  

But this is a great metric on how things are winding down to a point from when Russia was doing better.