Repair works at 85% of Russia's roads to be completed before 2019

Deputy head of Russian Federal Road Agency, Igor Astakhov, said today that the agency plans to finish repair works at about 85% of federal roads across the country by the end of next year.

"Right now the condition of federal roads is at a fairly good level: repair works have been completely finished at 71% of federal roads at the beginning of 2017, by the end of 2017 we plan to bring this level to 78%, and by the end of 2018 it should reach 85%," he said.