LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky offered to build a canal from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea. The initiative voiced in his document on Twitter, politician explained the unreliability of the Suez Canal.
The next blocking of the Suez Channel proves its clothes. Therefore, it would be better together with Iran to build a canal from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea. Cargo services to take in Astrakhan, and then by rail to carry goods to Europe.
– Vladimir Zhirinovsky (@zhirinovskiy) March 29, 2021
“The next blocking of the Suez Canal proves its unreliability. Therefore, it would be better to build a channel from the Persian Gulf in the Caspian Sea with Iran. Take cargo services in Astrakhan, and then on the railway to carry goods to Europe,” he wrote .