23/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - In response to a request from Poland during the Transport Council on 22 March, the Commission has pledged to present a report on progress accomplished in talks with Russia on discriminatory tariffs applied to rail freight traffic, by mid-2008. Tariffs imposed by the Russian federal tariff agency are to the advantage of rail transport from Russian ports thus creating “artificial transport corridors”, deplored Poland's Transport Minister Jerzy Polaczek, during...