The President called the construction of a high-speed highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg a feasible prospect. The organization of such communication is also possible in the direction of Ryazan, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Adler, as well as Minsk, he emphasized.
“As for Minsk, we discussed this issue with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, and he also supports it,” Putin said.
Last June, Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev agreed to explore the idea of building a high-speed rail line from Russia to Minsk, extending the planned Moscow-St. Petersburg route.