Russia wants to build a railway route bypassing Ukraine regardless of how will be the future shape of relations country pairs, said transport Minister Maxim Sokolov. " regardless of the prospects of development of Russian-Ukrainian relations have Vsplanet the need to form a support rail network in the territory of the Russian Federation to multiple (border crossing - approx. OPINION), there are four times it is necessary to cross the border, would not be a condition for reducing the speed of delivery of our passengers, the most in the summer, " reports the Telegraph." These solutions, which from the beginning were incorporated in the scheme of development of the Railways, just sped up for political reasons, " said the Minister. According to him, the construction of a rail bypass of Ukraine shall be terminated at the junction 2018-2019 years ". 3 December it was announced that construction of the railway section bypassing Ukraine will begin in 2015 and be completed by 2018. Sokolov been reported before that the budget of the Russian Federation in 2015, the project is expected to send 7 billion in 2016 - 18, 5 billion rubles, and in 2017 - 31, 1 billion rubles. One of the Federal bureaucrats 21 November said that the Russian authorities decided in 2015 to begin the construction of Railways bypassing Ukraine, the project cost is 55 billion, the estimated construction time is two years. Later, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin has confirmed plans to build a section of the railway routes bypassing Ukraine, noting that the project was long-planned and will be implemented as allocation of payment. The story is about the construction of the railway line Prokhorovka - zhuravka - Chertkovo - Bataisk. Currently, trains, following on the territory of the Russian Federation to the South of the country, have to cross the territory of Ukraine in the district of Voronezh and Rostov regions.
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