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Earlier this month, Aeroflot began switching domestic flights to the new terminal B at the Sheremetyevo International Airport, and the first part of the flights with 46 round-trip flights will be switched by June 1, 2018. Saratov, Voronezh, Belgorod, Stavropol and Perm are several destinations that will be connected with flights. The Terminal B was...
Russia and Japan reached an agreement on cooperation on the so-called “Smart City” project, which includes unified management of the entire communal infrastructure, dispatching and repair services, Russia's Deputy Construction Minister Andrey Tchibis announced. According to RIA news agency, the official was speaking at the 9th meeting of the Russian-Japanese...
Russia’s airliner Saratov Airlines is suspending operations starting May 31 following the notification by the country’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) on suspension of its ticket sales, Gazeta.ru reports. "On May 17, 2018, Saratov Airlines received a letter from the head of the Transport Regulation Department of the Federal Air Transport...
Aeroflot Airline’s domestic flights will be transferred to the recently constructed Terminal B at the Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport beginning from May 3 and the first stage of the transfer is expected to be complete on June 1, the carrier said. The airline’s flights launched this month from Terminal...
Nigeria’s federal government is negotiating with Russia’s Exim Bank and other investors from India to raise $46 billion to fund a massive railway modernization project, All Africa reports. The country’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, revealed on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had given approval for a loan which will be...
Russia-Azerbaijan economic ties are strengthening in 2018, with an array of projects underway in construction, pharmacology, and the automotive industry. A jointly funded, new 325-meter bridge across the Samur River is planned to be put in operation at the beginning of next year, connecting Russia and Azerbaijan. According to Azerbaijan's Minister...
The Kremlin said on Friday that the United States was deliberately making it difficult for national airline Aeroflot crews to obtain U.S. visas and that it was concerned by the situation, The BBC reported. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the hold-ups appeared deliberate because it was “obvious there...
Russian metal giant Rusal expects the country to challenge new U.S. import duties on aluminum through the World Trade Organization (WTO), the company's president Vladislav Soloviev told reporters on Thursday. "We expect that Russia, through WTO mechanisms, will file appropriate complaints against this decision. We are working on different options...
The Russian state railway monopoly will be an official third-tier regional sponsor of the soccer World Cup this summer, joining fellow Russian companies Alfa-Bank and Rostelecom, FIFA said. “Russian Railways will play a key role in the transportation operation around the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. Fans have already...
The United States and its allies are worried that the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths, after it was found that Russian ships are lurking around underwater communications cables, The Associated Press reported. The 400 fiber-optic cables carry most of world’s calls, emails and texts, as well...