Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin suggested that the M-12 (Moscow-Kazan-Yekaterinburg) road be extended to Vladivostok. He said this to President Vladimir Putin during a report, author agency RIA Novosti.
“After Yekaterinburg, we see that the work to bypass Omsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo has been completed. Blagoveshchensk bypass, Khabarovsk bypass. Well, get this done by widening the road to Vladivostok and the ring road around Vladivostok,” said Khusnullin.
In addition, in the opinion of the Deputy Prime Minister, this route should be connected to the railways and ports in the Far East.
Earlier on September 8 knownRussian President Vladimir Putin reportedly opened to traffic on the first section of the M-12 Moscow-Kazan federal highway in the Moscow Region via video link.
Khusnullin on the same day before that declarationHe said the M-12 highway will connect Russia with a number of countries, including Mongolia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and China. The exit to the last two states is planned via Vladivostok.