The Moscow Metro plans to roll out a fare payment system based on facial recognition starting next spring. Interfax reports this with reference to the words of the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport Maksim Liksutov, ICT Moscow writes.
According to him, the system is now being tested on employees...
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...
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...
Aeroexpress trains commuting between Belorussky Railway Station and Sheremetyevo will have additional wagons during the holidays, Aeroexpress said in a statement, Rambler.ru reports.
“In the Aeroexpress moving towards Sheremetyevo, additional cars will be available during the pre-holiday and weekend period. Currently there are eight cars in the trains running in...
Work is due to commence shortly on Russia’s most expensive road project yet, a highway in the south of the country that will form part of the existing 1,600km Moscow-Sochi road, World Highways reports.
As part of the project, the Russian Government, together with private investors, plans to carry...
The parliament of Syria has ratified a bill handing management of the country's largest port to a Russian firm for 49 years, state media said, according to RIA.
The vote on Wednesday comes after a deal between Damascus and the Russian company Stroytransgaz for the management, expansion, and...
Russia’s state-run fund dedicated to innovation, RVC, and Russian Railways (RZD) have teamed up to launch to two venture funds for industrial and digital investments, reports East-West Digital News reports.
Scheduled for launch in 2021, the funds will support early-stage projects, which have “the potential of developing synergies with the...
Passenger transportation in rail transport is possible this fall - provided that the second wave of the pandemic does not come to Russia, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Transport Vladimir Tokarev told reporters on Saturday, TASS reported.
"Now the decline in suburban area reaches - 71%, long-distance - 74% year-on-year. The...
Turkish authorities announced that the construction of the Istanbul channel bypassing the Bosphorus will begin on June 26, Turkish TV channel Haberturk reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to attend the ceremony of the start of the construction.
The construction of the canal will begin with laying the foundation stone...
The Parliament of Kazakhstan has approved an agreement allowing the United States to use two of the nation’s Caspian Sea ports as transit points for shipping non-military material to Afghanistan, Eurasianet reports.
Previously, Russia had provided transit options for NATO supplies to Afghanistan, but by gaining access to the ports of...
