Friday, September 22, 2023
Works on a cutting-edge Lider-class destroyer for the Russian Navy may begin in 2020, Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Armament Viktor Bursuk said on Wednesday, according to Zvezda TV. "A preliminary design has been made. Following its results, we are now making the necessary decision and work on its technical...
Russia has wrapped up construction of its first rail bridge to China, connecting the two countries across the Amur River, UPI reported on Thursday. Construction of the 2 bridge between Nizhneleninskoye in Russia and Tongjiang city in China began in 2014, underscoring Russia’s Eastern pivot amid deteriorating ties with the West. China completed construction...
A freshly built military communication center in the Republic of Tyva has gone operational, the press-service of the Central Military Region said on Friday, Tass informed. "In a special ceremony held inside the new building the first shift on duty was given orders to get down to work. The new...
The Russian Government has proposed that from 2019, the number of foreign workers employed in the construction sector will be limited to 80% of the total number of workers in an enterprise, the Kommersant business newspaper reports. "There will be a reduction in the foreign labor force in the...
Local authorities in Moscow have announced that construction work can go ahead on the tallest residential building in Europe in the city’s International Business Centre, the 405 meters tall “One Tower”, the Moscow Times reported. The skyscraper, designed by world-renowned studio Sergey Skuratov Architects, was given planning permission in...
Construction companies from Belarus are keen to take part in local government tenders for projects in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Region, SB.by writes. A delegation of Belarusian construction, design, engineering, and road construction companies led by Head of the Foreign Economic Activities Department of the Architecture and Construction Ministry Aleksei Shilo...
An ongoing dispute between two Azerbaijan-born real estate tycoons could become a new source of contention in the up-and-down relations between Moscow and Berlin, the International Policy Digest writes. German-based businessman Ilgar Hajiyev alleges that his former partner, Moscow-based billionaire God Nisanov, illegally seized hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Work resumed Tuesday to lay the second string of the TurkStream gas pipeline in the Black Sea, with a total of 706 km remaining to lay, the Gazprom-owned operating company said, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The first string -- which will transport Russian gas to the Turkish market from the...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline will extend further to Europe only if the European Commission provides ironclad guarantees that the project will not be obstructed, Tass news agency reported. "The second will only be constructed if we receive ironclad guarantees from the...
Prices for new buildings in Russia have increased by 15.5% in 2020, and by 13% from the beginning of 2021. On average, there is a rise in price by 25%, said Vitaly Mutko, general director of DOM.RF, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. With such a rise in...