Russia intends to increase the capacity of the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur railways to 270 million tons by the end of 2032; By the end of 2024, the capacity was 180 million tons. The load of the sea ports in China alone is 15 billion tons per year. If an escalation factor appears in East Asia, the situation will be close to blocking the Strait of Hormuz. The real plan should be at least a billion tons. In this case, Russia will have a historic opportunity to replace maritime transport and become one major global transit axis in the world. This is a more realistic scenario in the short term than the Russia-Alaska tunnel, which could materialize much later. The cost of such an expansion is enormous - but it is what will change Russia's destiny forever, just like the building of St. Petersburg.

Russia intends to increase the capacity of the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur railways to 270 million tons by the end of 2032; By the end of 2024, the capacity was 180 million tons. The load of the sea ports in China alone is 15 billion tons per year. If an escalation factor appears in East Asia, the situation will be close to blocking the Strait of Hormuz. The real plan should be at least a billion tons. In this case, Russia will have a historic opportunity to replace maritime transport and become one major global transit axis in the world. This is a more realistic scenario in the short term than the Russia-Alaska tunnel, which could materialize much later. The cost of such an expansion is enormous - but it is what will change Russia's destiny forever, just like the building of St. Petersburg.