(IT) A plan for financing a high-speed rail link between Moscow and St. Petersburg indicates that government spending on tracks for the project could reach as much as $35 billion.

(IT) Twenty-eight charging stations for electric cars are nearing completion in Moscow, although there are only about 100 electric cars throughout the entire country.

(IT) City Hall is considering privatizing the Moscow metro system as a step toward developing the capital’s infrastructure, the Moscow government said in a new strategy document.

(IT) The long-discussed merger of Moscow’s three airports is back on the agenda after a Transportation Ministry working group drafted a document that stated consolidation could be the way to tackle strains on capacity and balance soaring reconstruction and expansion costs.

(IT) Perhaps tipping the government’s hand for the evolution of the Skolkovo Innovation Center during the next Putin era that begins next month, the technology hub’s top executive said Wednesday that President Dmitry Medvedev should remain head of the board of trustees.