Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The third runway at Sheremetyevo International Airport will be put into operation until the end of 2019, Agentstvo Moskva reported, citing the airport’s press service. “As a part of the Master Development Plan of Sheremetyevo International Airport, by 2024 the following facilities will be put into operation: in 2019, a...
Finnish railway operator VR said on Tuesday that passenger train services between Finland and Russia will be temporarily halted amid the coronavirus upon the two countries’ decision on limiting travel through the border, RIA Novosti reports.  "According to Russia’s decision, foreigners won’t be able to get there after 23:00 Finnish...
A $96 billion modernization of Russia’s highways, airports, railways, ports and other transport infrastructure until 2024 has been gaining steam, The Moscow Times reports. The six-year comprehensive plan is geared toward improving the connectivity of Russia’s regions, as well as developing strategic routes including the Europe-Western China transport corridor...
Serbia plans to borrow billions of dollars from Russia, China and other foreign countries in the coming years to fund investment in regional projects, the country’s infrastructure minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Friday, according to local TV station N1. China views Serbia and other Balkan countries as part of its...
Austria will continue promoting the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project despite the negative stance of the United States on the issue, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in an interview with Austrian broadcaster ORF. " has clearly said that the United States is against this project. We...
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the opening ceremony for the start of railway traffic via the second Baikal tunnel via video link. The majority of those involved in the facility's development, including builders, operations professionals, and officials from Russian Railways and USK, attended the opening event. Oleg...
The governments of Russia and North Korea have begun formal talks on linking their two countries by building the first road bridge over the Tumen River, Interfax reported. At present, there is a rail link, and flights between Pyongyang and Vladivostok are available on Mondays and Fridays, but it is...
The new Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed railway line construction will cost 1.5 trillion rubles ($23.9 billion), the government’s preliminary estimates show, according to Vedomosti. "The preliminary (estimate) is similar to that of Moscow-Kazan - 1.5 trillion (rubles). That is the most expensive section. Second, its length is 800 kilometers, just as...
Workers at the railway depot in Gyumri, the second-largest city in Armenia, turned to the country’s authorities after coming to work and finding that several conductors invited from Russia had taken their place, ArmTimes.com reports. South Caucasus Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia’s state-controlled Russian Railways. In 2008, Armenia...
China might become one of the major shareholders in Transneft, the state-backed oil pipeline company in Russia, one of its directors said Friday, Kallanish Energy informs. Transneft first vice president Maxim Grishanin said the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) was in talks to attract investors to the pipeline company, UPI reported. "There are...