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India and Russia accelerate the operationalization of the Chennai-Vladivostok maritime corridor, aiming to bypass Western shipping routes and boost trade to $100 billion by 2030.

While the West focuses on sanctions and blockades, a new trade artery is being forged in the East. India and Russia are aggressively operationalizing the Chennai-Vladivostok Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC), a sea route designed to bypass traditional shipping lanes and supercharge bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030.
The initiative was the centerpiece of discussions between Indian Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev. They describe it as a "new era of maritime connectivity," but geopolitical analysts call it a sanctions-busting lifeline.
The current shipping route from Mumbai to St. Petersburg via the Suez Canal takes about 40 days. The Chennai-Vladivostok route cuts this distance by 40%, reducing travel time to just 24 days. For energy-hungry India, it is a faster, cheaper way to access Russian oil, gas, and coking coal from the resource-rich Far East.
The partnership also eyes the Arctic. As polar ice melts, the Northern Sea Route is becoming navigable for longer periods. Russia controls the lion's share of this route. By partnering with India, Moscow gains a reliable customer and a partner to develop the frozen infrastructure of the Far East.
"This is a win-win," Sonowal stated. It creates jobs in Chennai and revitalizes Vladivostok. But in Washington and Brussels, the deepening embrace between the world's largest democracy and the Kremlin is being watched with growing alarm.
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