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Back|Russia and Belarus signed a memorandum on the construction of the Moscow-Minsk high-speed railway
Russia and Belarus signed a memorandum on the construction of the Moscow-Minsk high-speed railway
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РИА Новости·43 minutes ago·Business·1 min read·🇷🇺Russia·

Russia and Belarus signed a memorandum on the construction of the Moscow-Minsk high-speed railway

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  • Russia and Belarus signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of a high-speed railway from Moscow to Minsk.
  • The document was signed by the heads of the Ministries of Transport of the two countries.
  • The project will become part of a large-scale high-speed rail development program in Russia.

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Russia is planning to develop a network of high-speed highways, with the Moscow-St. Petersburg line being a pilot project.

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Russia and Belarus signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of the Moscow-Minsk high-speed railway (HSR), a RIA Novosti correspondent reported on Thursday from the signing ceremony.

On the Russian side, the document was signed by the head of the Ministry of Transport, Andrei Nikitin, and on the Belarusian side, by the Minister of Transport and Communications, Alexey Lyakhnovich.

High-speed is considered a specialized electrified double-track railway line for operating trains at speeds from 200 to 400 kilometers per hour. The pilot project will be the high-speed railway between Moscow and St. Petersburg. In addition to the highway to St. Petersburg and Minsk, it is planned to build such roads to Yekaterinburg, Adler and Ryazan.

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  • Russia and Belarus signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of a high-speed railway from Moscow to Minsk.
  • The document was signed by the heads of the Ministries of Transport of the two countries.
  • The project will become part of a large-scale high-speed rail development program in Russia.

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