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Every place CaspianReport mentions in "How Russia plans to rule Eurasia by river", mapped
// THE CRUX Facing Western sanctions and severe overland rail bottlenecks to China, Russia is investing heavily in revitalizing its vast Siberian and Arctic river networks as multimodal trade corridors.
43 places, in order of mention
| 00:03 | Irtysh River | drifts silently down the Irtysh |
| 00:09 | Europe | Cut off from Europe and sanctioned |
| 00:12 | Moscow | Moscow is betting on its rivers |
| 00:32 | Siberia | linking Siberia to China and the Arctic |
| 00:33 | China | linking Siberia to China |
| 00:34 | Arctic Ocean | and the Arctic to Asia |
| 00:48 | China | China now ranking as Russia's top trading partner |
| 04:17 | Beijing | while Beijing buys more Russian oil |
| 05:35 | Trans-Siberian Railway | expanding the Trans-Siberian railway |
| 05:39 | Baikal-Amur Mainline | and the Baikal-Amur Mainline |
| 05:42 | Kuznetsovsky Tunnel | The Kuznetsovsky tunnel and the stretch |
| 05:45 | Chita | between Chita and Khabarovsk |
| 05:46 | Khabarovsk | stretch between Chita and Khabarovsk |
| 06:58 | Northern Sea Route | traffic via the Northern Sea Route |
| 07:31 | Ob River | like the Irtysh are mainly used for transport |
| 07:35 | Amur River | while those that flow west to east |
| 08:32 | Argun River | natural course of the Argun, Amur |
| 08:34 | Ussuri River | and Ussuri rivers |
| 10:08 | Amur Oblast | drone hub in the Amur region |
| 10:20 | Blagoveshchensk | flown across the Amur river directly into China |
| 11:39 | Altai Mountains | begins high in the Altai mountains |
| 11:41 | Xinjiang | of China's Xinjiang province |
| 11:44 | Lake Zaysan | flows northwest through Lake Zaysan in Kazakhstan |
| 11:45 | Kazakhstan | in Kazakhstan along the way |
| 11:48 | Ishim River | meets the Ishim and Tobol rivers |
| 11:49 | Tobol River | and Tobol rivers before merging |
| 12:28 | Volga River | The Volga is the most developed by far |
| 12:32 | Caspian Sea | threading its way to the Caspian, Black |
| 12:33 | Black Sea | Black and Baltic seas |
| 12:34 | Baltic Sea | and Baltic seas through an elaborate canal |
| 12:37 | Yenisey River | The Yenisei is also navigable |
| 13:25 | Lena River | The Lena though remote and frozen |
| 15:09 | Murmansk | ports are being built in Murmansk |
| 15:10 | Arkhangelsk | Arkhangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi |
| 15:11 | Dikson | Dikson, Tiksi, and Pevek |
| 15:12 | Tiksi | Tiksi and Pevek |
| 15:13 | Pevek | Tiksi and Pevek |
| 15:39 | Omsk | crossing into Russia entering Omsk Oblast |
| 16:55 | Novosibirsk | upstream is Novosibirsk, Siberia's largest city |
| 18:59 | Perm | Omsk, Perm, Saratov, Samara |
| 19:00 | Saratov | Perm, Saratov, Samara |
| 19:01 | Samara | Samara, Dmitrov, and the Amur |
| 19:02 | Dmitrov | Dmitrov and the Amur region |