• UIC suspends Russia and Belarus from 4th March

    From Robert@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 6 13:25:36 2022
    Hi all,

    <https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/807855.html>

    "The International Union of Railways (UIC) has suspended the Russian and Belarusian railways from participating in the organization until the
    peaceful situation in Ukraine returns.

    Today, an official response from the International Union of Railways
    (UIC) has been received on the removal of the Russian and Belarusian
    railways from participation in the organization until the return of a
    peaceful situation in Ukraine. The UIC said that they are monitoring the situation and expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian railway in
    difficult times the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine said on its
    Telegram channel.

    As reported, on March 2, 2022, the Ministry of Infrastructure sent
    official letters to 11 largest and most influential organizations in the
    world in the field of aviation, maritime, railway transport, as well as construction and tourism, with a request to exclude Russia from
    international organizations."

    Cheers,
    --
    Rob
    "I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational
    in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary
    to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7

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