Thursday, May 2, 2024
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...
The largest indoor waterpark in Russia, LetoLeto Water Park, has opened in Russia’s Tyumen region, local media reported. Water slides in the aqua park were installed by Polin Waterparks, a Turkish company which is a global leader in water slide technology. Polin opened an office in Russia several years ago...
Aeroflot intends to transfer the next batch of flights to the new Sheremetyevo domestic Terminal B in the first half of July, with this applying to flights in 14 directions, Travel.ru informed. The bulk of transferred flights will be those to cities hosting the FIFA World Cup 2018. During June,...
Russia says it will soon discuss cooperation regarding infrastructure construction projects with North Korea. Moscow's Minister for Development of the Far East, Alexander Kozlov, said in an interview with Russia’s RIA news agency that experts from the two countries will meet in the Far East region later this month over the...
Sheremetyevo International Airport’s Terminal B has opened a brand new multilevel parking lot, designed for 2500 cars and connected to the airport building by a pedestrian gallery. The parking lot is equipped with a video surveillance system, and the cost of the services depends on the period for which the...
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...
Transmashholding (TMH) International, Russia’s largest manufacturer of locomotives and rail infrastructure, has acquired South African company DCD Rolling Stock for about $7.5 million, Engineering News reported. The group said the investment would see the DCD facility in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, used to manufacture, assembly and service locomotives and other rolling...
Sheremetyevo Airport will provide free parking for electric vehicles during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and for the summer season as well, the Airport’s press service said. “As a part of the preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first fast charging station of the single charging infrastructure of...