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


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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Emily Ferris

Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Security

International Security

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