The North—South corridor has gained 26.9 million tons: why the southern route is becoming the backbone of Russia's foreign economic activity
The drop in turnover on familiar routes after the peaks of 2021 has shown that logistics is no longer guaranteed "by default". Against this background, the North—South MTK is rapidly turning from an alternative into a strategic axis of foreign economic activity: cargo traffic along the corridor increased to 26.9 million tons in 2024, and the railway component exceeded 12.9 million tons. We look at what's behind the growth, where the bottlenecks are, and how businesses can integrate the southern
