Friday, May 16, 2025
Several Russian ship owners and operators decided to suspend shipments to Ukraine for fear of detention and losing their cargo, after a Russian tanker, the Mekhanik Pogodin,  was detained at the Port of Kherson of Ukraine, Port News reports. The tanker was detained following Kiev’s sanctions imposed on some Russian companies...
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...
Japan and Russia are ready to start cargo transport via the Trans-Siberian Railway, RBC reported on Sunday citing Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper. According to the paper’s sources, the test use of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Japanese companies may begin in the run-up to the 4th Eastern Economic Forum, where Japanese Prime...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday suggested setting up the seven-nation railway community of Northeast Asian countries, with the participation of Russia, the United States, and other countries, RBC reports citing Yonhap news agency. In a speech, the president proposed the two Koreas, together with the United States and four...
Russian truck and heavy machinery producer Kamaz has opened a subsidiary in Indonesia to increase sales of its products in the Southeast Asian country, the company’s press service said on Wednesday. "The company named PT Kamaz Trucks Indonesia has become a hub for Kamaz in Indonesia and obtained a status...
Syria is interested in buying railway rolling stock from Russia, considering the Russian side as its main partner in the matter of restoration of its transport infrastructure, the press service of Syrian Railways told Izvestya. Russia's Uralvagonzavod corporation, a manufacturer of railway equipment, told the newspaper that shipments of...
A recently proposed project to build a new highway along the Black Sea between Dzhugba and Sochi, with its whopping $19 billion price tag, might become Russia’s most expensive road, Vedomosti reported recently. The project, part of President Vladimir Putin’s plan to boost the economy by increasing government spending...
A project for developing light railway in the Russian city of Omsk as an alternative to the uncompleted metro line is likely to be of interest to foreign investors, Eduard Safronov, a professor at Siberian State Automobile and Highway Institute, has said, according to Interfax news agency. "We historically developed and...
The Tupolev Tu-22M3M, Russia’s heavily upgraded long-range missile-carrying bomber, will perform its first demonstration flight in September, the CEO of the Tupolev Aircraft Company Alexander Konyukhov told TASS news agency on Tuesday. "In September, the plane will perform its debut flight as part of factory trials, following which it will...
Russian Railways plans to introduce new budget train cars for customers willing to endure a lack of air conditioning and toilets, Vedomosti reports. Federal Passenger Co., the subsidiary which runs long-distance passenger services for the state-owned Russian Railways, said in an annual report that it plans to upgrade a third...