“As far as I know, the Finnish and Russian Railways have long been discussing how to speed up this route. Of course, we are interested in having a good quick connection between Moscow and Helsinki, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He noted that the issue is being discussed at the level of railway companies of the two countries.

Earlier, URA.RU reported that Roszheldor approved the terms of reference for the project of land surveying for the construction of the high-speed highway Chelyabinsk - Yekaterinburg.