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'''Chennai Vladivostok Maritime Corridor''' is a sea route covering approximately 5,600 nautical miles, or about 10,300&nbsp;km, aimed at increasing bilateral trade between India and Russia. In September 2019 in Vladivostok, Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed a Memorandum of Intent for the route.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Chaudhury|first=Dipanjan Roy|date=12 July 2018|title=Chennai-Vladivostok sea route: India's effort to counter China's OBOR could soon get a big Russian helping hand|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/chennai-vladivostok-sea-route-to-make-it-near-east/articleshow/60486508.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-06|title=Explained: The sea route from Chennai to Vladivostok|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-the-sea-route-from-chennai-to-vladivostok-5969578/|access-date=2021-02-18|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== Background ==
The current route from Mumbai to St Petersburg is about 3000 nautical miles longer.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roche|first=Elizabeth|date=2021-02-14|title=Maritime corridor, trade on Shringla’s Russia visit agenda|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/shringla-visit-to-russia-proposed-maritime-corridor-bilateral-trade-top-agenda-11613296613208.html|access-date=2021-02-18|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>

Other ports that have the potential of being linked include Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Vostochny and Olga.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=20 April 2021|title=Sailing from Chennai to Russia in just 24 days|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sailing-from-chennai-to-russia-in-just-24-hours/articleshow/82151075.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:India–Russia relations]]
[[Category:Trade routes]]