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Ukrainian economy will collapse completely in the case of border closure with Russia, - Igor Mosiychuk, Verkhovna Rada deputy for the Radical Party said on 112 Ukraine TV channel. In his opinion, railway connection cessation will boomerang first of all onto Ukrainian citizens working abroad, but also will do great damage to national economy.
"Millions of Ukrainians, however they may be treated, but still they're Ukrainians, Ukrainian citizens, working within the Russian Federation. If the borders are closed, let's say, tomorrow, how will people get home then - by post, by post parcel? How will they make a living for themselves ? And our economy, being in stagnation due to our beggars (politicians – editor’s note), will collapse completely," Mosiychuk said.
Earlier the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Vladimir Omelyan
stated that Kiev was considering the closure of railway connection with Moscow. At the end of 2017 he also claimed that the Ukrainian side losses would amount to one hryvnia only.
There have been almost no flights between the countries since October 2015, this step has been taken on the initiative of Kiev. Passenger trains are still running, but their number has decreased several times compared with the situation before the coup d'état in Ukraine. Now there are no Russian direct trains between the countries. Only one Russian-based Moscow-Kishinev-Moscow transit train goes through Ukraine. Other trains, connecting Russia and Ukraine, belong to Ukrainian Railways and CIS countries railway administrations.
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