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Recommended | Moscow | Insight | Trip Advisory | Videos  | 29.05.21

New Railway Station Opened in Moscow [Video]


Moscow Mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, and ‘Russian Railways’ General Director, Oleg Belozerov, have opened a new “Vostochny” railway station for long-distance trains, RIA Novosti reports.   “Today is a big event, I would say that for the first time in a hundred years, a full-fledged new station is opening, which unites the Kursk direction of the

Insight | Around Russia  | 18.01.21

Simferopol Airport Served Over 4.5 Million Passengers


Simferopol International Airport served 4.63 million people in 2020. The most popular flight destinations are Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Kazan, according to the press service of the airport.  In August 2020, for the first time in history, monthly passenger traffic exceeded 1 million passengers, the daily traffic reached a

Visit | Trip Advisory  | 17.09.20

Russian Railways Ready to Open International Passenger Traffic


Russian Railways are ready for the resumption of international passenger railway connection and await decisions of the governments of the countries, according to the first deputy general director of Russian Railways Sergey Pavlov, TASS reports.   It is noted that Russian Railways resumed foreign business trips of its employees in accordance with the requirements of the

Recommended | Insight | Around Russia  | 17.08.20

New Daily Traffic Record Set Crimean Bridge


A new daily traffic record was set on the Crimean Bridge, FKU Taman reported.   It is recorded that 36,393 cars drove across the bridge across the Kerch Strait on Saturday, August 15. The previous record was set on August 12, 2019 (35,989 cars). In general, over 11 weeks of summer, 720,000 cars arrived at the

Insight | Around Russia  | 28.05.20

Experts Noted 40% Decrease in Number of Road Accidents


The number of road traffic accidents and Russians affected by them decreased in April 2020 by 40 per cent due to restrictive measures introduced against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, RIA News reports.  According to the Deputy Head of the State Traffic Inspectorate, Oleg Ponaryin, the death toll was reduced by 23 per cent.

Economics | Business  | 30.03.20

MTS Mobile Operator Reset Traffic Cost to Cultural Online Platforms


Since March 26, the largest Russian mobile operator MTS has reset the cost of Internet traffic to popular educational resources on culture and art, RIA News reports.  The company notes that in particular, it is Netology, Arzamas, Coursera, GeekBrains, Synchronize, the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Hermitage Academy, and the Mobile Art Theatre. Until

Recommended | Visit | Trip Advisory  | 16.02.20

Free Parking in Moscow on Defender of Fatherland Day


On February 23 and 24, Moscow residents will have a chance to leave their cars for free on any capital street that is part of the parking space, reports Interfax. This was told by the deputy mayor of Moscow, Maksim Liksutov.  “Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to leave a car in

Recommended | Insight | Rostov  | 08.02.20

New Generation of Trains Appeared in Rostov


On February 7, a new generation railbuses entered the Rostov-Volgodonsk route. The first to ride on it was the Governor of the Rostov Region, Vasily Golubev, and the Head of the North Caucasus Railway Vladimir Pyastolov.  The buses will run in two- and four-car hitch. The number of seats has been increased, and in the

Insight | Omsk  | 06.02.20

180 Large Buses and Trams to Be Purchased in Omsk


In 2019, passenger traffic in municipal transport in Omsk increased by 3%. The passenger flow of the main enterprise increased by 4,4%. This was announced by the Director of Omsk Department of Transport Alexander Vyalkov.  “This trend is primarily associated with the procurement of rolling stock, which we made in 2018-2019. Thanks to this, we