Moscow, 22 Jan - RIA Novosti/Prime. China to build high speed rail route linking Beijing to Moscow, the price of 1, 5 trillion yuan (242 billion), said the municipal government of Beijing.

The total length of Railways is 7 thousand kilometers. The route of the railway will pass through Kazakhstan, and the journey time is two days, reports the Agency, pointing to the message of the government in the social network Weibo. The Railways will be able to ease the journey from Beijing to the capital of Russia and to reduce travel time, the statement reads.

The Agency emphasizes that China is promoting its high-speed technology in the field of Railways on an international level, adding that the news about the construction of Railways appear on the background of the cooling of relations between the US, Europe and Russia in connection with the conflict in Ukraine and attempts of the Russian economy to recover from the fall in oil prices.

The Ministry of transport, Russian Railways, the state Committee of China development and reform Commission, and the Corporation " Chinese Railways (China Railway Construction Corporation) in October 2014 was signed by the statement of understanding in the field of high-speed rail message. RZD reported that the purpose of the document is to create the project of the Eurasian high-speed transport corridor Moscow - Beijing, including the highway Moscow - Kazan.

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