TBILISI, January 16 – More than 1,700 trucks were waiting on the Russian side to cross into Georgia at the Zemo Larsi border checkpoint on Friday, according to the press service of North Ossetia’s government. Officials said truck traffic on the highway has been suspended “until further notice” due to worsening weather conditions. Passenger traffic … Read more
TBILISI, December 16 – Heavy transport vehicles are queueing at the Upper Lars border crossing between Georgia and Russia, with long lines of trucks reportedly standing put on the North Ossetian side. According to figures cited by the Russian business daily Kommersant, around 2,500 heavy trucks are currently waiting to cross the border. Of those, … Read more
TBILISI, November 3 – Freight traffic through Georgia’s main transit corridor has fallen sharply this year, with thousands of trucks bypassing the country due to long delays at its northern border crossing with Russia. According to data from Georgia’s Transport Corridor Research Center, the number of trucks passing through Georgia dropped by more than 22,000 … Read more
TBILISI, October 1 – Starting today, Russian customs has introduced a new booking system for trucks crossing the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgia–Russia border. The system requires truck drivers to reserve a specific date and time before arriving at the terminal. Reservations can be made through the state electronic documentation portal, and the process … Read more
TBILISI, September 16 – Turkish truckers hauling cargo into Russia are still betting on Georgia’s land corridor, even though it comes with long delays and unpredictable closures, according to new research by the Transport Corridor Research Center (TCRC), a Tbilisi-based think tank. The key link is the Kazbegi–Upper Lars crossing on the Georgian-Russian border, the … Read more
TBILISI, September 15 – Authorities in Russia’s North Ossetia region are preparing to declare a state of emergency after a record number of freight trucks jammed the main crossing into Georgia. Regional deputy prime minister Irbek Tomaev told Russian media that nearly 2,500 trucks are currently registered in an online queue to pass through the … Read more
TBILISI, September 10 – Traffic has been halted along the only road connecting Russia and Georgia after heavy rain triggered a massive landslide. The Road Department said the collapse occurred at the 109th kilometer of the Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Larsi route, a vital transport link through the Caucasus mountains, especially for Armenia’s road logistics. A large mass of … Read more
The war mobilization announced by Vladimir Putin has worsened the situation on the Russian-Georgian border to such an extent that the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), which is responsible for border control, sent Monday an armored personnel carrier there to prevent a forceful breach of the border at Larsi by the crowd … Read more