There are almost 180 thousand prisoners in Russia who could work on construction sites. "This is quite a lot. Even if we mobilize 20-30% of them, then this is already not bad," Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.
A similar experience...
Russia wants to install 51 additional military infrastructure components on the Kuril Islands, according to Reuters, citing the state-run TASS news agency.
Japanese territory claims part of the chain, and the territorial issue extends back to the Soviet Union's seizure of several islands at the close of World War II....
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...
One of the world’s largest coal companies, Russia’s SUEK, said it plans to sign an agreement with the authorities of the Khabarovsky region on the construction of the third stage of a large coal terminal, East Russia news agency reports.
JSC Daltransugol, a subsidiary of SUEK, will implement the deal,...
Construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway (NLR) - a new railway line in Russia’s Far North region of Yamalo-Nenets, will help in improving the region’s transport and social situation, the Region’s Acting Governor Dmitry Artyukhov has said, according to Sever-Press.
The region is home to Russia’s largest liquid natural gas...
Cuba and Russia created in Havana the first joint venture to produce construction materials, between the two countries, Granma reported.
The communist country’s official daily newspaper called the move a sign that “nothing stops the alliance” between Russia and Cuba.
Teccomp Caribe S.A., formed between the Cuban trading company Siment Aut...
The construction of a 12km-long bypass, already dubbed Russia’s largest road project for the next five years, has been launched by authorities in Russia’s Volgograd Region, Aif.ru reports.
“This project is one of the largest for the next five years I’m not talking merely about money, I’m...
The Russian state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, held a workshop this week on for representatives of Saudi companies based in the west of the Gulf country, the Saudi Gazette reports.
The workshop was held at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce Industry (JCCI) headquarters and under its support.
“The realization of an...
In the first half of 2019, Russian steel giant Severstal shipped 2.9 million tons of metal products to Russian builders, 16% more than in the same time last year, the company said, according to Steel Guru.
The steelmaker attributed the increase in supplies to the expansion of the geography of...
Two weeks ago, aluminum prices seemed to struggle, with some analysts thinking the metal might have shifted to the bearish country. However, U.S. sanctions against Rusal, one of the world’s largest producers, caused aluminum prices to jump by more than 13% in the week since the U.S. Treasury announcement...
