... destinations in Asia, has dramatically increased. Alongside with the crucial infrastructure—the functional Trans-Mongolian Railway [
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]—other potential transit links could be in high demand. Enhancing cross-border infrastructure connectivity between Russia, Mongolia and China is an issue that has been discussed for many years, the main impetus being the China-propelled Belt and Road Initiative. Much of the projected infrastructure underpins the China-Mongolia Economic Corridor
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, jointly adopted ...
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During the two working days, leading Russian, Mongolian, Chinese, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz experts, diplomats and journalists were discussing the implementation and integration of Greater Eurasia and the Belt and Road initiatives, the prospects for «Russia-Mongolia-China» economic corridor, the opportunities for cooperation in tourism in the context of the Tea Route, as well as the role and position of the Baikal-Amur region of Asia in Eurasian infrastructure projects.
A.K. Tulokhonov, Academician of RAS ...
... especially as it increasingly moves away from European trade. Rather than forming a conflict of interest therefore, Russia, China and Mongolia’s shared investments are mutually reinforcing and maintain strong growth potential.
The Future of Russian-Mongolian Relations
Mongolia’s declining interest in a ‘third neighbour’ policy is therefore both pragmatic and somewhat inevitable given its common economic space between China and Russia. The role of the Russian government, therefore,...
... orbit of the powerful and domineering political and economic influence of the USSR. Following the peaceful democratic revolution in Mongolia in 1990, the disintegration of the USSR in 1991, and the massive reduction in economic assistance by Russia and Russian-Mongolian political, commercial and economic as well as cultural and other links, the Mongolian economy was on the brink of collapse. The country had to look for ways on its own to survive the very difficult period of transition.
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