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    RUSSIA: MOSCOW MULLS CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIA-IRAN RAILWAY LINK

    AZG DAILY
    01-10-2009

    Armenia-Iran-Russia

    Russia plans to build a railway link to Iran through its strategic
    partner, Armenia, a railway industry publication is reporting.

    Russia's state-owned railway construction company Roszheldoproekt is
    looking for roughly $1.5 billion in funding to build the railroad,
    according to report in the Russian Railway Company magazine Gudok
    (Train Whistle).

    Alexei Averin, spokesperson for Russian Railway, which owns
    Rozsheldoproekt and runs Armenia's railway operations, said that the
    Armenian and Iranian governments are likely to provide the bulk of
    the funding, Gudok reported on September 29. The rugged, mountainous
    terrain along the Armenian-Iranian border is expected to pose technical
    difficulties for the project and to drive up costs.

    Armenia lost railway access to Russia via Georgia, its neighbor to the
    north, after the 2008 Georgian-Russian war. Lines running to Azerbaijan
    and Turkey are blocked for now, although the Russian-operated Armenian
    railway service has recently announced plans to build a rail link to
    Turkey, Eurasianet reports.
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