Russia-Azerbaijan economic ties are strengthening in 2018, with an array of projects underway in construction, pharmacology, and the automotive industry.
A jointly funded, new 325-meter bridge across the Samur River is planned to be put in operation at the beginning of next year, connecting Russia and Azerbaijan.
According to Azerbaijan's Minister...
Long known as a hot property spot, St Petersburg’s grandest and most expensive part, the Golden Triangle, is still attracting Russian and foreign investors, despite Western sanctions on Russia, The Real Deal reports.
The high-end neighborhood, with its romantic canal and riverside setting rich in ornate palaces and mansions from...
Moscow-based rail operator Grand Service Express was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday, for operating a passenger rail service between the Russian mainland and Crimean Peninsula, The Hill reports.
The agency said on Wednesday it added the Russian railroad, as well as...
Russia’s third-largest carrier, Rossiya Airlines, will transfer some of its narrow-body aircraft to sister airlines Aeroflot and low-cost carrier Pobeda, Rusaviainsider.com reports.
Rossiya is a member of state-run Aeroflot Group. The company also said it plans to further strengthen its presence at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, its original base. The...
The Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin has said Moscow hopes that the project to link Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido with Russia’s Sakhalin via a road-and-rail bridge will eventually be implemented, Gazeta reports.
" that this landmark project, which is unique for the Russian-Japanese relations, will remain a subject for...
The Russian government plans to use additional revenues from increasing the value-added tax (VAT) from 18% to 20% for financing infrastructure, health care, and education, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Sunday in an interview with Channel One.
According to the preliminary calculations by the Ministry of Finance, the additional revenues will...
Sheremetyevo airport is likely to be able to bring passengers in comfort soon. The agency for public procurement published a tender for the purchase of new pavilions for smoking for the airport. The contract price will be approximately 4 million rubles.
According to the press service MK, seven indoor cabins...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has served more than 16 million passengers since the beginning of the year, an 12.4% increase compared to the same period in 2017.
According to Flightstats ratings, Sheremetyevo in May again became the leading airport in punctuality among European airports. The indicator of punctuality for departure was...
Sheremetyevo International Airport in cooperation with Sheremetyevo Customs conducted a media tour ahead of Russian Customs Day. The airport authorities presented the performance record for the first nine months of 2019 and the prospects for cooperation between Moscow Cargo LLC and Sheremetyevo Customs, the airport’s press service said.
The purpose...
President Vladimir Putin has renamed a number of Russian airports in honor of famous Russians such as tsars and writers.
Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport will now bear the name of one of Russia’s most well-known poets, Alexander Pushkin, and the airport in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk will be named after another famous national writer,...
