Mass media: Germany appeared in danger because of the dried-up Rhine

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© Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti" / Golovko Olga River Rein. Archival photo Moscow, 11 Aug – Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti". Level of Rhine on which 80% of all freights transported on water to Germany are transported, decreased to such dangerous values that this week the river can already become impassable for barges that will threaten vital for the country of deliveries, writes tabloid "The Daily Mail". As notes the edition, in 2018 when Europe endured the last large drought, Rhine was closed for cargo vessels for 132 days that almost provoked recession to Germany. At the same time this year expenses on transportation freights on the river...