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‘Rasputitsa’: Why Railways and Roads are Russia’s Achilles’ Heel

Emily Ferris

26 July 201913 Minute Read

Moscow’s Rizhskaya railway station in winter. Courtesy of Yury and Tanya/stock.adobe.com.

Ageing railways, poor-quality roads and an inadequate response by the authorities to calls for basic services are the weak underbelly of the Russian infrastructure system.

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Defence Management and Economics

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Russia and Eurasia
Russia

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International Security

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Emily Ferris

Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Security

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‘Rasputitsa’: Why Railways and Roads are Russia’s Achilles’ Heel

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