Monday, May 6, 2024
In a bid to develop transport links in the remote Yakutia region, Russia plans to build a $1.3 billion bridge across the Lena River, Kommersant reports. The project, set to be finished in 2025, has been approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the business newspaper wrote on Monday. The Russian leader...
Russian engineering company Mosinzhproekt and the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) plan to set up a joint venture for the construction of subways around the world, Moscow Deputy Mayor Marat Khusnullin has said, according to Interfax. He said that several agreements have already been sealed with Chinese partners, particularly on the implementation of...
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...
A division of Russia’s high-end S-400 missile defense system will take part in a military drill in Serbia, Reuters reported citing a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry. According to the news agency, the move underlines Moscow’s wish to keep a traditional ally on side even as Belgrade pursues links with...
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated road workers on their professionalism and noted the serious, multifaceted work to modernize road facilities in the past few years, RIA Novosti informed citing the Kremlin. The head of the Russian Federation added that highly skilled specialists always worked in the road complex, noting that...
The first hotel under the Radisson brand in Russia will be opened in Perm in the Urals region in 2021, the world-renowned hotelier announced on Thursday, according to Interfax.  The newly built Radisson Hotel Perm will have 150 rooms and is due to open in late 2021. This new signing...
As part of a broader bid to enter third nations' markets, Russia's major industrial enterprises could localize production in Syria within three years, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said on Monday, according to RIA Novosti. Russian industrial enterprises are already working in Syria in such spheres as civil construction,...
Russia’s Ministry of Transport expects to build a highway linking Moscow with the southern city of Kazan by 2027, three years after its original planned completion date, Vedomosti reported citing sources. In September, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov authorized the Transport Ministry to start building two sections of the Moscow-Kazan highway....
Ryanair, EasyJet and Wizzair are among international low-cost airlines which have submitted bids for 33 destinations out of St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport next year, Vedomosti reported.  Awarding the slots would require that the airport complies with the Open Skies regime, the business newspaper writes. Last week, after years of lobbying,...
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...