Railway operators of Russia turned to the government with a request to compensate for the loss of 16 thousand wagons because of the war in Ukraine and paying 32 billion rubles to their owners, Russian media write with reference to a source in one of the operator companies and two owners of rolling stock.
The official proposal for the payment of compensation was received by the Ministry of Transport from the Union of Railway Transport Operators (SZHT). The organization claims that since the beginning of the war, about 16 thousand Russian wagons have been stuck in Finland and Ukraine. This is a little more than 1% of the total fleet of freight wagons in Russia, which has 1.2 million units.
The operators decided to ask for compensation from the state after the authorities reimbursed losses to the owners of the trucks that were arrested in Ukraine. In total, the government transferred 1.64 billion rubles to automobile carriers. At the same time, carriers lost only 139 trucks and 128 semi -trailers in Ukraine.