Russia is investing huge amounts of capital to support its pivot to Asia, with massive road, rail, maritime, and air connectivity projects, as well as giant energy infrastructure projects, all underway. Russia aims to boost exports by increasing foreign infrastructure construction support by 13 times. Discover investment opportunities in Russian infrastructure. Analysis of key projects in transport, logistics, and energy. A vital resource for construction, finance, and engineering firms.
Ulaanbaatar plans to increase the capacity of checkpoints with Russia by at least 3 times, with the Mondy automobile checkpoint at the Russian Republic of Buryatia and the border with Mongolia being modernised. The border crossing will have nine lanes instead of today’s one. The capacity will be slightly less than 600 vehicles per day. […]
The number of new companies registered in the Special Administrative Regions (SAR) on Russky Island in Vladivostok, and Oktyabrsky island in Kaliningrad exceeded 400 in April, with the registration of new residents indicating the continuing interest in re-domiciliation into Russia’s legal jurisdiction. The SAR’s offer specific benefits not available on the Russian mainland, including lower […]
The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railroad is one of the biggest infrastructures of the 20th century and will be further developed to expand Russia’s export and transit capabilities and to raise living standards for Russians living nearby, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (April 23). The BAM is a broad-gauge railway, traversing Eastern Siberia and […]
The flow of cargo traffic via the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) may reach up to 60-100 million tonnes in the future, depending on necessity and relevance, Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev has said. To put that into context, this would be roughly equivalent to 10% of the global tonnage that transited the Suez Canal […]
An unannounced, but effective partition of Ukraine is already taking place as Russia and the European Union have begun to deploy differing Rail infrastructure. Ukraine’s rail infrastructure has historically used the Russian gauge, which is 1,520 mm wide. However, Europe’s railways run on standard gauge, being 1,435 mm. The difference means tracks and bogies are […]
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