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...
House prices in Russia rose by 3.63% during 2019 to the third quarter of the year, a sharp improvement from last year’s 0.18% increase and the highest growth since Q4 2012, Global Property Guide reports.
During the latest quarter, nationwide house prices increased 1.69%. Moscow’s prices were up by 5.49%...
Further work on the creation of a modernized frigate of project 22350M was suspended after the development of the outline design of the ship due to the lack of a customer’s decision, as stated in the report of Northern Design Bureau JSC (Northern Design Bureau, part of United Shipbuilding...
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...
Russia’s Kalashnikov Concern, owned by state-run tech corporation Rostec, has completed the acquisition of shipbuilding assets, gaining a full set of competencies to enter the industry, the company’s CEO Vladimir Dmitriev told TASS news agency in an interview on Wednesday.
"We are not planning to expand this business and...
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...
Norilsk has finished a reconstruction of the runway at its Alykel airport, the main air hub in the Krasnoyarsk Region, and the runway has served the first flights, according to Alexander Neradko, head of the Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsiya, Gornovosti reports.
"The runway’s reconstruction is over and the first...
Russian rescue workers have reconstructed more than 250 buildings in Nagorno-Karabakh, working together with the regional Ministry of Urban Construction and the Interior Ministry, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said in a statement on Friday, Tass informed.
"As many as 251 buildings have been reconstructed so far, including an apartment building,...
A masterplan competition for the coastal city of Novorossiysk was awarded to Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), the studio announced, according to Arch Daily.
ZHA teamed up with Russian practice Pride TPO to compete for the Admiral Serebryakov Embankment competition and was selected out of 40 teams from 13 countries. Miralles...
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...