The Russian government is mulling the continuation of a massive old infrastructure project – the country’s northernmost railway line Bovanenkovo – Sabetta, in the Arctic circle, Vedomosti reports.
According to the report, state-run Russian energy giant Gazprom will work with Russian Railways on the construction of the railroad which will run to the...
Regional leaders on Friday launched construction work on the Afghan section of an $8-billion (€6.5-billion) natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan and Pakistan to India, The New York Times reports.
Turkmenistan holds the world's fourth-largest gas reserves but has been heavily dependent on exports to China after Russia cut...
The construction of a water park worth six billion rubles ($90 million) began on Thursday in Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East, TASS reported.
The aqua park is planned to be commissioned in 2021, the technical project developer Vadim Sukharev of the Brosko company said at the ground-breaking ceremony.
"A water park with...
Russia has demanded compensation from the United States through the World trade Organization (WTO) for Washington’s decision to impose global tariffs on steel and aluminium, Reuters reported.
A WTO statement, circulated at the request of Moscow, describes Donald Trump administration's decision as a "safeguard measure" that under WTO rules should...
Housing construction and industry were the two prime growth drivers last month with volumes of the former up by 6.7% y/y (0.6% in March) and industrial production jumping by 4.6% y/y on higher oil and gas output and the calendar factor, BCS Global Markets said, commenting on the latest...
Valentina Matvienko, the speaker of the upper house of Russia’s Parliament, the Federation Council, has proposed imposing a temporary embargo on lumber exports from Russia, a move aimed at “putting the industry in order,” Izvestya reported.
"Until we just figure it out, will we not take government measures, maybe...
Russia is planning to build a new transport and logistics center close to its border with China, WorldHighways reported. The facility will be constructed in the Jewish Autonomous Region in the country’s Far East, sited close to the new Amur River Bridge, currently being constructed to improve transport links...
A facility for shipbuilding and repair in Russia’s Arctic will be set up in the Murmansk Region by three affiliates of the state-run United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov told reporters on Friday, according to Izvestia.
"We have finalized the decision with USC and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the country has "practically finished" preparations for the soccer World Cup, planned to be held from June 14 to July 15 in 11 Russian cities, Reuters reported.
"Russia is ready for the tournament and has only some last-minute ‘fine-tuning’ to do”, Putin said...
Russia’s biggest gateway, the Sheremetyevo International Airport has won the approval to reconstruct its northern Terminal C, thus reaching another development milestone.
The engineering design of the new terminal complex received the green light from Russia’s state authority for the project’s supervision, Glavgosexpertiza, Russian Aviation Insider reports.
Terminal C will process international...
