Russia

Environmental Devastation From Russia's Oil Drilling Considered Routine

It's on the scale of a Deepwater Horizon spill every 2 months - except that it's considered the cost of doing business. Aging pipes, lax oversight and inclement weather all combine to make an estimated 5 million tons of annual spillage.
20 December 2011 - 5:00am
AP via Yahoo Finance

Creating A Silicon Valley in Russia

Officials in Russia are hoping to create their own version of Silicon Valley by luring tech companies to the Skolkovo innovation hub.
24 August 2011 - 5:00am
Financial Times

A Russia-U.S. Tunnel?

Russian officials are pushing a plan to build a tunnel connecting Russian territory to the United States.
23 August 2011 - 8:00am
MSNBC

To Counter Congestion and Crowding, Moscow Expands

Officials in Moscow are pushing a plan to double the footprint of the city in order to ease congestion and overcrowding. Some worry sprawling development patters will follow.
27 July 2011 - 12:00pm
Guardian

Olympic Preparations Spur Private Building Boom in Russian Resort City

Construction is underway to prepare the Russian resort city of Sochi for its hosting of the 2014 Winter Olympics. But it's not just venues for the games that are being built.
10 July 2011 - 11:00am
The Voice of Russia

Soviet Monorail to the Future

The blog of Pavel Popelskii highlights illustrations from a time when Russia was looking towards a bright, space-age future, with nuclear-powered dirigibles and "super mega jet air cushion trains".
15 April 2011 - 10:00am
scienceillustration.mypage.ru

Russian Olympic City's Vast Transformation

As it prepares to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russian resort city of Sochi has transformed from a "blank slate" into the "world's biggest construction site".
18 March 2011 - 11:00am
Business Insider

High Speed Rail Planned for Russia's World Cup

Russian cities will be connected by high speed rail by the time the country hosts the 2018 World Cup, according to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
18 December 2010 - 5:00am
Rianovosti

Billions to be Invested in Infrastructure Ahead of 2018 World Cup

As Russia prepares to host the 2018 World Cup, officials are predicting that infrastructure projects will see a major boost.
16 December 2010 - 7:00am
The Moscow News

Satellite Crash Jeopardizes Russian GPS Program

Russia has been developing a $2 billion alternative to the American GPS system. This week, a programming error sent 3 critical satellites crashing into the Pacific Ocean.
7 December 2010 - 5:00am
The Christian Science Monitor

Dome City Dreamed for Abandoned Siberian Mine

A Russian construction company wants to build a 100,000-person city in an abandoned diamond mine, and cover it with a dome.
20 November 2010 - 11:00am
Wired UK

'Horrific' New Plans for Moscow's Traffic

Stephen Smith critiques the new mayor's strategies for fighting congestion in the Russian city.
18 November 2010 - 11:00am
Market Urbanism

Moscow Metro Gets a New Map

With the debut of the latest map of the Moscow Metro, TheCityFix's Jonna McKone takes a look at mass transit maps from across the globe and chats with mapmaker Cameron Booth.
26 October 2010 - 6:00am
TheCityFix

Developers Vs. Architectural History

In Samara, a Russian city on the Volga, a rich architecture of wooden buildings is quickly disappearing, thanks to corrupt government and thoughtless devleopers.
25 October 2010 - 2:00pm
The Guardian U.K.

Future Olympic Host Working Around the Clock

Sochi, Russia, is set to play host to the Winter Olympics in 2014. Preparations are fast underway, with construction work happening practically around the clock.
26 September 2010 - 5:00am
The Voice of Russia

Traffic Tightens in Moscow

Traffic has become thick and widespread throughout Moscow, where long lines of cars harken back to the dying days of the Soviet era.
5 August 2010 - 8:00am
The New Yorker

Russia: Now With American-Style Suburbanism

With the Russian spies being sent home, Clifford J. Levy wondered if they'd miss the comforts of U.S.-style suburban living. What he found is that today's Russia has imitated the way of life, including gated communities with American names.
14 July 2010 - 2:00pm
The New York Times

As Developing Countries Urbanize, Food Booms

A new study shows that agricultural output in the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China will be three times as great as those in the developed world. Increasing urbanization is seen as one of the drivers of this growth
17 June 2010 - 8:00am
BBC

Roadblocks Hinder Infrastructure in Russia's Olympic Host City

The relatively tropical seaside resort of Sochi, Russia will play host to the 2014 Winter Olympics. But building the infrastructure to support those games has become a major challenge for officials.
14 June 2010 - 10:00am
The Vancouver Sun

Free Courses to Improve Russia's Cities

To help change the pattern of development in Russian cities, free courses are being offered to local architects about solving the problems facing the countries growing urban areas.
4 June 2010 - 6:00am
The Moscow Times
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