Rivers – Johnson's Russia List

As Bad as Russian Roads are for Travel, Russia’s Waterways are Worse, Yemelchenkov Says

January 14, 2019 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Environment, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Regions, Cities, Municipalities

Map of Russia and Russian Flag adapted from images at state.gov

(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, January 12, 2019) For most of Russia’s histories, rivers and later canals were the primary transportation network over that country’s vast roadless and largely railway-less areas. Its roads have remained notorious for their poor quality, and its railroads are suffering ever more accidents. But the state of its rivers and canals has […]

TRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] State Council Presidium meeting on developing internal waterways

August 17, 2016 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(Kremlin.ru – August 15, 2016) In Volgograd Vladimir Putin chaired a State Council Presidium meeting on developing internal waterways. Before the meeting, the President visited the exhibition Water Transport – Today’s Goals and Tomorrow’s Prospects, which displayed, among other things, models of river ships of various types, both currently in the design phase and already in production, and models of […]