News archive on the topic "Russian Railways"

The Russian railway is experiencing a personnel shortage, because its employees are being lured away due to their high qualifications. Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways OJSC Oleg Belozerov stated this, speaking today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Somewhere we meet in territories where the work of defense enterprises has been resumed. Somewhere, out of responsibility, our colleagues are actively going to restore new Russian territories. Therefore certain...

Russia is beginning to develop high-speed rail transport. Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways OJSC Oleg Belozerov stated this, speaking today in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigtor correspondent reports. “We start with the Moscow-St. Petersburg direction. Then to Kazan and the Urals, to Rostov-on-Don, to the Black Sea coast, to Minsk. The project is being jointly implemented by Russian Railways, the Moscow government and Sberbank under a concession model. Within 5 years...

In almost two years since the beginning of the SVO, the number of information attacks on critical infrastructure facilities in Russia has increased twentyfold. Director of the Department of Digital Development of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Dmitry Skachkov stated this during a round table in the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Issues of information security have become especially relevant since the beginning of the SVO. From the beginning of 2022...

Russian Railways has already spent 45 billion rubles on its security and is going to increase this amount. The general director of the Infoline Analytics company, Mikhail Burmistrov, stated this on the radio station “Moscow Speaks,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There are the most pressing issues. First of all, these are issues of anti-drone protection. These are, first of all, anti-drone guns for protecting key facilities. To…

The second explosion of railway tracks in several days occurred today in the Bryansk region near the Snezhatskaya station. This was announced by the regional governor Alexander Bogomaz, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “An unidentified explosive device went off. There were no casualties. As a result of the incident, a locomotive and several carriages of a freight train derailed,” Bogomaz wrote in a blog post. Russian Railways confirmed the fact of sabotage. "Today…

Railway communication between Crimea and the liberated territories of Ukraine can resume at any time. The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, stated this in an interview with RBC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We are waiting for agreement on security issues. This is the sphere of the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, so I cannot say anything here,” he emphasized. – But we have everything ready, the infrastructure is there, the path has been paved...

During the first day of registration for the train from Melitopol to Dzhankoy, several dozen passengers applied. The train will depart on July 1 at 16:05. The General Director of Melitopol Railways, Alexey Efremov, told TASS about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “People are interested, they are already registering not only for the first train, but also for later dates: July 10, 12. If you need to go...

From July 1, passenger freight service will open between Crimea and Melitopol in test mode. Cargo has been transported to the Zaporozhye region and back since the beginning of June; this line has resumed operation for passengers after an eight-year break, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Melitopol Railway schedule is coordinated with Crimea. It is known that the train will run from Dzhankoy to Melitopol and back.…

In September of this year, a program for Internet coverage of the entire railway infrastructure of the Russian Federation will be presented. The Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications Maksut Shadayev stated this at a meeting of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. During the hour of questions, it was noted that when traveling on Russian Railways trains, passengers are faced with a lack of Internet. Only according to official data this problem...

Crimea and the mainland of the Russian Federation were once again connected by direct transport links by land. The head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, stated this at a meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In addition, transport links pass through the part of the Zaporozhye region and the Kherson region taken under the control of the Russian army. “With the joint efforts of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian Railways joint-stock company...

In Ukraine they are threatening to intensify attacks on infrastructure facilities in adjacent regions of the Russian Federation. Kiev political scientist Yuri Romanenko, who previously called for the killing of Russian journalists, writes about this in his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Romanenko calls what happened today in Bryansk a “man-made disaster” and announces the decommissioning of the railway tracks. “Today there is some kind of parade of accidents near Bryansk. In addition to the exploding...

The Russian Railways (RZD) intends to record a record increase in the flow of cargo to the east, despite the difficulties associated with climate change. Oleg Belozerov, General Director of Russian Railways, announced this today at the Federation Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today we are witnessing global, little-studied climate changes with severe consequences for transport infrastructure. As an example, I would like to give two incidents with bridges...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic attended the solemn ceremony of connecting the tracks on the Stara Pazova - Novi Sad section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway. Vučić noted that in six months, Serbian citizens will be able to travel on a completely new high-speed railway from Belgrade to Novi Sad. As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, the President of Serbia noted that on the most beautiful section of the railway from Belgrade to...

After leaving office, German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to head one of the natural monopolies of the Russian Federation. Kiev political strategist Taras Berezovets, who serves the interests of the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, stated this in his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The unexpected change in Angela Merkel’s behavior now - a very strong increase in loyalty to Putin - perhaps indicates that after the end...