"Based on the results of the discussion, I instruct the government to strictly fix the stages of construction and the parameters of the expansion of the BAM and Transsib," TASS quoted Putin as saying.
Earlier it was reported that Russia will accelerate the resettlement of dilapidated housing in the vicinity of the BAM.
It also became known that the Japanese transport and logistics company Hankyu Hanshin Express made the first shipment of goods along the route from Japan to Europe using the Trans-Siberian Railway.