Thursday, March 28, 2024
At least 50 flights by Russia’s national flag carrier Aeroflot planned to be operated by domestic-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) were canceled since a Moscow crash landing of the aircraft killed 41 people last week, Fontanka reports. The plane’s tail section caught fire on the runway after an emergency...
Belarusian Railways will present its transit capabilities at large international exhibitions in Russia and Germany in 2018, BelTA informs. Belarusian Railways will present its transit potential at the expo TransRussia 2018 in Moscow in April, the expo of transport and logistics services, commercial transport and special vehicles TransSiberia/Translogistika, and...
The Russian government has pledged to invest around $40 billion in infrastructure during President Vladimir Putin’s sixth term in office, and authorities are already choosing projects on which to spend the money, Kommersant reports. According to the business newspaper, projects planned to be financed under the government’s program span all...
The growing development of the Arctic shelf’s resources and the presence of the Russian military in the region necessitates the improvement of the infrastructures in the Northern Sea Route ports, Russian experts and officials told TASS news agency. According to the analysts, practically all ports, with the exception of...
A long-discussed deepwater port project near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea has won the support of President Vladimir Putin, Kommersant reports. The construction of the shipping hub with a 48-million-ton capacity and linked infrastructure including railway and roads may cost more than $3.1 billion (200 billion...
Sheremetyevo International Airport’s Terminal B has opened a brand new multilevel parking lot, designed for 2500 cars and connected to the airport building by a pedestrian gallery. The parking lot is equipped with a video surveillance system, and the cost of the services depends on the period for which the...
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...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has signed an agreement worth 7 million rubles with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The law firm will provide legal advice on the development and conclusion of a concession agreement regarding the airfield complex of Sheremetyevo Airport. The company will analyze the documents on real estate that are associated...
Sheremetyevo airport could get new or reconstructed terminals C and F under the announced development program. In an interview with Vedomosti, the Chairman of the Board of the airport, Alexander Ponomarenko stated that the Terminal C is already dismantled and set for reconstruction that will increase its capacity from...
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...