Houthi militants have been attacking the commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea due to Israel's continuing attack on Gaza.
Russia is reportedly profiting from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea as Moscow's war in Ukraine and Israel's war on Hamas both continue to rage.The Houthis, an Iran-backed militant group based in Yemen, have been attacking the Red Sea's busy maritime shipping corridor since shortly after Israel launched its ongoing assault in Gaza following the surprise October 7 attack by Hamas.Meanwhile, Russia has been heavily sanctioned since invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
'The requests have picked up since the beginning of the situation in the Red Sea by around 40 percent,' DHL told The Financial Times. 'The overwhelming amount is going through Russia.'Similarly, specialist shipping companies RailGate Europe and Rail Bridge Cargo both said that demands for commercial shipments to take the Russian rail route had increased by over 30 percent following the Houthi attacks.
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