About 9,000 kilometers of highways and roads in Russia will be transferred to federal ownership by 2021 before a major rebuilding project to boost the country's road infrastructure and the national economy, RIA news agency reports.
The trend will continue after 2021 with additional 8,300 km of road becoming 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...
Aeroflot commenced daily operations between Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) and Bourgas (BOJ) on 3 July. The 1,648-kilometre flight is operated by its A320 family, departing Sheremetyevo at 17:55, arriving in Bourgas at 19:20. The return leg leaves the Black Sea destination at 20:30, landing in the Russian capital at 23:50....
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 added its fifth and sixth Italian destinations from its Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) hub this week, commencing daily operations to Naples (NAP) and Verona (VRN), Anna Aero informed.
The routes join the SkyTeam carrier’s existing services to Milan Malpensa (35 times weekly), Rome Fiumicino (35), Venice Marco Polo and Bologna (both served twice-daily).
The...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the development of the country’s Far East was a national priority for the 21st century. However, Russian authorities seem to have a more important undeclared priority: all-out savings for the sake of accumulating foreign exchange reserves, Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes.
According to the newspaper,...
Russian flag carrier Aeroflot began regular direct flights between Moscow and the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas on July 2, the airline said, The Sofia Globe informed.
The daily flight schedule sees departures from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Mondays at 3.25pm, arriving in Bourgas at 7pm, on Tuesdays at 3.55pm,...
An Arctic air expedition, first of its kind in Russian aviation history, kicked off from the Samara Region on Tuesday morning, TASS news agency reported from the site.
Three amphibious planes took off one after another from a small air field in the Krasny Yar village, heading for north-east. They...
