Sheremetyevo International Airport is set to commission its newly reconstructed first runway one (RWY-1) today in a ceremony that will feature a parade of airfield equipment. Aeroflot will inaugurate the runway with a flight SU022 that is scheduled to depart for St. Petrsburg at 4:05 pm.
With the commissioning of Runway-1, which features two new high-speed-exit...
Ahead of the 2018 soccer World Cup, Russia, the host country, is making final preparations on infrastructure projects critical to the event’s success.
The 21st FIFA World Cup will take place in Russia between June 14-July 15, 2018, at 12 venues in 11 cities. To keep travel time manageable, all...
An influential Russian spiritual leader has announced his plans to build the world’s largest Orthodox Christian Church in the central part of the country, Znak.com reported Monday.
Once completed, the 25-story structure on the site of a women’s monastery in the Sverdlovsk region will reportedly hold up to 37,000 worshippers.
The mastermind...
Sergiev Posad, an important Orthodox Christian pilgrimage site near Russia’s capital and home of the Russian Church’s Moscow Patriarchate, is about to experience a momentous change with new Kremlin plans to create a “Russian Vatican” on the site, Vedomosti wrote last month.
Under the plan revealed by the business newspaper, Russian...
World renowned design studio Zaha Hadid Architects has been awarded another big project in Russia, this time in partnership with a local company, The Calvert Journal reports.
The two companies said they are aiming for a "people-centric" sustainable smart city.
Located to the west of Russia's capital city, the 460-hectare site will be turned...
President Vladimir Putin drove across a new 12-mile bridge to Crimea in a large orange construction truck on Monday, inaugurating his latest megaproject and tightening Moscow’s claim to the disputed territory, The Guardian reported.
The bridge, finished six months ahead of schedule, established a land link from Russia to the Crimean...
The construction of the second stage of Zvezda shipyard in the town of Bolshoi Kamen in Russia’s Primorsky Region will completed in 2020, four years ahead of schedule, Portnews.ru reported citing Andrey Shishkin, vice president of Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft.
"The finishing date of the second stage is 2024,...
Billionaire Arkady Rotenberg has sold his construction firm Stroygazmontazh, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
Both Stroygazmontazh and Rotenberg, who is President Vladimir Putin's former judo sparring partner, have been under U.S. sanctions since 2014. Rotenberg was among the Russian officials and business executives blacklisted in the aftermath...
Russia said Monday that Turkey's decision to turn the iconic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque was the country's own business, The Moscow Times reported.
Turkey's move followed a court decision last week revoking the museum status of the UNESCO World Heritage site, and has triggered a global outcry.
"We...
Energia Space Rocket Corporation of Russia intends to build a new reusable space freighter based on the newest Oryol crewed spacecraft under construction, Energia Chief Designer and Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Solovyov said TASS on Monday.
"We aim to build a reusable cargo spaceship based on the...
