OREANDA-NEWS Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to consider the construction of a new railway in the country. The list of the results of the meeting with members of the Cabinet of Ministers is published on the Kremlin's website.

We are talking about the North Siberian Railway, which should connect the railway network of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra with the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

"The Government of the Russian Federation, together with the government of the Kemerovo region — Kuzbass, the federal state budgetary institution "Russian Academy of Sciences" and the open joint stock company "Russian Railways" to consider the construction of the North Siberian Railway," the text of the instruction says. Putin is waiting for a report from the government until March 1, 2024.

Earlier, the head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov said that most of the planned high-speed rail lines (HSR) in Russia will be completed by 2043, and the HSR from Moscow to St. Petersburg is planned to be launched by 2030.