Thursday, April 25, 2024
A long-planned construction of a new toll highway between Moscow and Kazan will start in 2020, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Maksim Akimov said on Friday, according to TASS. "Works will start at the beginning of 2020, meaning the construction of new sections from Moscow to Vladimir, which is 145 kilometers,...
Several Russian ship owners and operators decided to suspend shipments to Ukraine for fear of detention and losing their cargo, after a Russian tanker, the Mekhanik Pogodin,  was detained at the Port of Kherson of Ukraine, Port News reports. The tanker was detained following Kiev’s sanctions imposed on some Russian companies...
Moscow is planning to have an autonomous tram up and running on its streets by 2021-22, with the project being a joint effort by local companies PC Transport Systems and Cognitive Technologies, according to the Intelligent Transport. The driverless tram will be equipped with 10 to 20 cameras mounted around...
Transmashholding and Russian Railways presented a new model of capsule passenger car, Russian media writes. The new passenger cars will go on many routes, said Dmitry Pegov, deputy head of Russian Railways. "We need at least two trains for certain directions with a certain passenger flow," Pegov explained. Such capsule cars...
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 volume of cargo traffic at Sheremetyevo International Airport increased by 2% during 2019, compared with the same time period in 2018. According to the airport’s recently-published performance results, it processed 148,000 tons of cargo, 22,000 tons of mail in the first six months of 2019, Aircargo News reports. Sheremetyevo...
Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan held the second meeting on restoration of regional transport communication, Armenia Deputy Prime Minister’s press service announced Friday, TASS informed. "The meeting discussed the process of joint work, based on the November 9 statement of Prime Minister of Armenia and Presidents of...
Russia’s projects are finally underway after delays but experts still don’t believe that President Putin’s ambitious plan to revive Russia’s economy will bear fruit anytime soon, bne Intellinews writes. The government plans to spend the equivalent of a quarter of the value of the country’s whole economy (in 2018) on...
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...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the construction of a high-speed highway from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed after reports by Vedomosti and Kommersant. Putin wrote “I Agree” in a letter with a proposal for the resumption of the project, which he sent the acting...