In a meeting held this week, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russia’s Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko discussed constructing a second railway line connecting Belarus with the Russian port of St. Petersburg. For them, such a project is critical in strengthening the transport and export ties between the countries. However, for the Community of Railway Workers of Belarus (SZhB), this is another reason for concern that Russia might be taking over their country’s railway sector.