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Russia's first passenger train depot, designed to service the new double-decker coaches for trains, has opened in Mineralnye Vody today.The ceremony was attended by the President of "Russian Railways" Vladimir Yakunin, the Vice-Governor - Chairman of the Government of Stavropol Ivan Kovalev, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy, Mikhail Afanasiev and other officials.
A hoax email which for 30 minutes had Russians believing one of President Vladimir Putin's oldest allies had lost his job has deepened suspicions that a battle between business and political groups over money and power is intensifying, Reuters reports. The email sent to media late on Wednesday purported to be a government statement announcing Vladimir Yakunin's removal as head of state-owned Russian Railways, at his own request. It was later denounced as a fake by the government and Yakunin, an old friend of Putin.
The railway companies of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus ("Russian Railways", "Kazakhstan Temir Joly "and the Belarusian Railway) signed an agreement today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to establish an integrated transport and logistics company.
The press service of the Russian government denies media reports saying that the prime minister has accepted the resignation of Vladimir Yakunin, the president of the Russian Railways.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev today signed document confirming Vladimir Yakunin's resignation as the president of the Russian Railways public corporation.
Sochi has been using Lastochka trains to transport passengers from the train station and Adler station to the airport since May 1.Lastochka will replace the Aeroexpress trains. The remaining Aeroexpress trains will continue working according to the deal with the Russian Railways.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met chairman of the board of directors of the South Caucasus Railway Vladimir Yakunin yesterday and pointed out strengthening of cooperation with Russia.Sargsyan discussed cooperation with the Russian Railways Company, manager of the Armenian railways.Yakunin presented a report on modernization of Armenian railways and reminded about a facility opened in Gyumri to repair carriages and store trains.
Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Railways Nadir Azmamedov said today that the Baku-Moscow route was restored.50 Azerbaijani carriages of the route were under reconstruction in Ukraine. The Russian Railways were replacing them with own carriages until today.
The head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov, has asked the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation to consider the establishment of a railway communication between the the city of Cherkessk and Moscow."Not only would it create general comfort for the population and business, but it would also contribute to the development of resorts in the republic," ITAR-TASS quotes Temrezov.Since Soviet times the country had an extensive rail infrastructure.
Russian Deputy Chief of FSB Border Guards Service Vladimir Mochalov said that railway access to Tajik trains will only open after all flaws registered by inspectors are fixed.The Russian Ministry for Transportation and Russian Railways were recommended to present a document to the CIS Council for Railway Transportation to halt railway traffic of Tajikistan, Molchanov said at a session of the State Border Commission in Moscow today.
The security level is improved in Central Russia and the North Caucasus
Transport facilities for the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 are 80% ready, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said. "The Ministry of Transport is a responsible executor of 21 objectsfrom the Olympic program. Seven more sites are the responsibility ofthe company Russian Railways. On average, the degree of readiness of alltransport facilities is 80%," the Minister said. According to Sokolov, all Olympic rail projects are practicallyimplemented: work on the Sochi - Adler route is almost
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On the evening of January 10, the train "Ingushetia," which will connect Moscow and Nazran, departed for its first journey from Moscow's Kazanskaya train station. The joint project of the Ingush government and OAO "Russian Railways" was launched in the presence of the head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and the president of "Russian Railways" Vladimir Yakunin.
Today the first deluxe train "Ingushetia" left Nazran for Moscow.
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov: “We have ambitious projects and we will implement them”
Russian Railways (RR) imposed restrictions to oil freighting to Black Sea ports in Tuapse and Novorossiysk due to preparations for the Olympic Games in Sochi, UCL Ports spokesman Vladimir Lisin said, Vedomosti reports.Passenger traffic to Sochi and back has halved since the end of the resort season.There were 35-37 pairs of trains during the summer and only 14 now.Officials of the RR and Olimpstroy gave no explanations to why they limited railway traffic.
The heads of Ingushetia and the Russian Railways agreed on this
The largest city in Ingushetia, Nazran, will be linked with Moscow by a direct train.
