Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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...
Russia’s largest employer, state-run monopoly Russian Railways, is looking at moving staff to part-time schedules as the coronavirus outbreak reduces rail traffic, RBC reported citing sources. A letter sent by Russian Railways CEO Oleg Belozerov to members of the board outlined a way the company could limit job losses for...
The main body of the Chinese part of the first cross-river railway bridge connection with Russia has been completed as part of China's Belt and Road initiative, according to Meduza. This bridge across the Heilong River (known as Amur River in Russia) will connect Tongjiang city in Heilongjiang province with...
A group of Russian scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) have created the world’s first metallurgical furnace for recycling man-made waste, and successfully tested it, Caoinform.ru reported. The metallurgical furnace in Russia is capable of man-made waste recycling including iron-containing industrial waste as well as solids....
Documents prepared by Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev for a plenary meeting of the Russian-Jordanian reveal Russia is interested in constructing railways in Jordan, Finanz.ru reports. The intergovernmental commission for the development of trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries met on Thursday in Jordan. "Our country...
The movement of trains of the Underground inter-terminal passage (UIP) at Sheremetyevo airport has been temporarily suspended until June 14. To move between the Northern terminal complex (Terminals B, C) and the Southern terminal complex (Terminals D, E, F, Aeroexpress terminal), passengers can choose one of the alternative routes using...
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...
An international infrastructure project which, if implemented, could rival Beijing’s One Belt, One Road initiative is being considered by the United States, Australia, India and Japan, Kommersant reported citing the Australian Financial Review. The proposed move seeks an alternative to those countries, which could accept China’s aid, according to a...
Sheremetyevo International Airport took part in the 2019 IAR Chinese-European Aviation Summit held on November 20-22, 2019 in Beijing. The Institute for Aviation Research's (IAR) annual event witnessed talks by representatives of leading airlines and airports across Europe and China interested in developing mutually profitable partnerships, the airport's press...
S7 Technics won a regulatory approval from the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) to provide line maintenance services on Embraer 170 aircraft at its line station at Irkutsk airport, MRO-Network reported. The BCAA approval, awarded to the Russian maintenance provider earlier this month following an audit process, is the second...