Fanfare as first major road bridge connecting Russia and China opens
Guardian, 11 Jun 2022
Russia and China have opened a new cross-border bridge linking the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk to the Chinese city of Heihe across the Amur river. According to the RIA news agency, the bridge is just over a kilometre long and cost 19bn roubles ($342 million). The two countries hope it will further boost trade as Moscow reels from western sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine
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