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Project

One of the presidential cultural clusters: 12 objects, of which the last one under construction is a 155,000 m² museum-theatre complex on the Iskitimka river combining a Mariinsky Theatre branch (main hall 950 seats), a Russian Museum branch and the Kuzbass Arts Centre under one atrium. The educational part (choreography academy, music school, RGISI campus, depository, housing) is already in use.

Next milestone

Commissioning of the museum-theatre complex (Mariinsky and Russian Museum branches, Kuzbass Arts Centre) (2027)

Deadline history

• 7 Mar 2019Current deadline: Dec 2023 · Presidential instruction list Pr-388 of 07.03.2019 (text via pravo.ppt.ru)
• 11 Sep 2023Current deadline: Dec 2024 · Marat Khusnullin (Telegram)
• 25 Jun 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Marat Khusnullin report to the President (Telegram; also obyasnyaem.rf)
• 27 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Marat Khusnullin (Telegram): first visitors 'next year'
• 28 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Stroytransgaz (Telegram): commissioning planned for 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Khusnullin and Governor Seredyuk on the construction site of the museum-theatre complex (video) · 27 Oct 2026 · Marat Khusnullin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Interior works: Mariinsky branch auditorium and stage, facade panels of the Russian Museum branch (photos) · 15 Sep 2026 · Stroytransgaz / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Launch of the pedestrian bridge frame between the Mariinsky branch and the hotel completed; overall readiness 78.5% (photo) · 14 Sep 2026 · Stroytransgaz / Telegram

Sources

• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram: site visit Kemerovo, 27 Oct 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: Khusnullin visit, commissioning 2027, 28 Oct 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: readiness 78.5%, 14 Sep 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: readiness 78%, 2,250 workers, 6 Aug 2026
• Ilya Seredyuk, Governor of Kuzbass, Telegram: readiness 75%, main hall 950 seats, 22 Apr 2026
• Ilya Seredyuk, Telegram: readiness 72%, 16 Feb 2026
• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram: report to the President (9 of 12 objects), 25 Jun 2025
• Obyasnyaem.rf (ANO Natsionalnye prioritety): report to the President, 25 Jun 2025
• Pr-388 instruction list (completion no later than 31.12.2023), text via pravo.ppt.ru, 7 Mar 2019

Project

About 6 km of new and rebuilt embankment roads with 2-3 lanes per direction on the left bank of the Moskva river from Novospassky bridge past the Torpedo stadium and the former ZIL site to the Third Ring Road, with bank reinforcement and riverside promenades and cycle paths.

Next milestone

Landscaping of the 500 m area next to Krutitskaya embankment and construction of the second Simonovskaya section from the River Sky residential complex to the Third Ring Road; full completion planned for 2027.

Deadline history

• 19 Feb 2023Current deadline: Dec 2023 · Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (Krutitskaya section only)
• 23 Apr 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (whole project)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Opening of Krutitskaya embankment and first Simonovskaya section, video and photos · 4 Sep 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Bank reinforcement works on Krutitskaya embankment · 23 Apr 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin / Telegram

Sources

• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (opening), 4 Sep 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (project scope, 2027), 23 Apr 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (2026 road programme), 7 Aug 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (Krutitskaya by end of 2023), 19 Feb 2023

Project

Presidential cultural cluster of 14 objects on Oktyabrsky island: Tretyakov Gallery branch (opened 12 June 2025, 14 exhibition halls), choreography academy, music school and RGISI branch are in operation; under construction are the Bolshoi Theatre branch (Snøhetta design, cantilever 'Gipar', glazed facade of about 1,700 m²) and its production and storage complex.

Next milestone

Completion of the Bolshoi Theatre branch and the production and storage complex

Deadline history

• 7 Mar 2019Current deadline: Dec 2023 · Presidential instruction list Pr-388 of 07.03.2019 (text via pravo.ppt.ru)
• 11 Sep 2023Current deadline: Dec 2024 · Marat Khusnullin (Telegram)
• 25 Jun 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Marat Khusnullin report to the President (Telegram; also obyasnyaem.rf)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Bolshoi Theatre branch on Oktyabrsky island, April 2026 progress (photos) · 8 May 2026 · Stroytransgaz / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Glazing of the Bolshoi branch completed, largest glass facade about 1,700 m² (photo) · 11 Feb 2026 · Alexei Besprozvannykh / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Production and storage complex of the theatre: storage system commissioning (photo) · 28 May 2026 · Stroytransgaz / Telegram

Sources

• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: Bolshoi branch 76.75% (end-April 2026), 8 May 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: production and storage complex, 28 May 2026
• Alexei Besprozvannykh, Governor, Telegram: glazing completed, 11 Feb 2026
• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram: Tretyakov branch one year, 323,500 visitors, 11 Jun 2026
• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram: report to the President (12 of 14 objects), 25 Jun 2025
• Alexei Besprozvannykh, Telegram: RGISI building in use, 23 Nov 2025
• Pr-388 instruction list, text via pravo.ppt.ru, 7 Mar 2019

Project

First stage of an underground/surface light-rail line in Krasnoyarsk with six stations: five underground (Vysotnaya, Ulitsa Kopylova, Vokzalnaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Ulitsa Karla Marksa) and one at surface level (Ulitsa Shakhterov), each with a 60 m platform. Deputy PM Khusnullin puts the total length at more than 23 km.

Next milestone

Tunnel boring machine «Anastasia» is to reach the future Vokzalnaya station (about 500 m remaining as of 9 Oct 2026) and will then be relocated to continue towards Ulitsa Kopylova.

Deadline history

• 14 Jul 2021Current deadline: 2025 · Khusnullin, quoted by Interfax: «не позже 2025 года»
• 11 Oct 2023Current deadline: 2026 · Kremlin: presidential instruction to implement the light-rail project in Krasnoyarsk «до 2026 года»
• 28 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Marat Khusnullin (Telegram): completion of construction and installation works at the end of 2028

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Video: second running tunnel between Vysotnaya and Ulitsa Kopylova completed (198 m section) · 15 Sep 2026 · Krasnoyarsk Metro / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Video: Deputy PM Khusnullin inspects the metrotram construction site · 3 Aug 2026 · Marat Khusnullin / Telegram

Sources

• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram (site visit, 50% tunnelling, end-2028), 28 Oct 2026
• Kremlin: meeting with Governor Mikhail Kotyukov (33% readiness), 3 Aug 2026
• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram (more than 23 km, more than 10.4 km done, six stations), 3 Aug 2026
• Kremlin: list of presidential instructions, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 11 Oct 2023
• Krasnoyarsk Metro, Telegram (stations: five underground, one surface, 60 m platforms), 28 Jan 2026
• Krasnoyarsk Metro, Telegram (TBM «Anastasia» about 500 m from Vokzalnaya), 9 Oct 2026
• Krasnoyarsk Metro, Telegram (second running tunnel completed), 15 Sep 2026
• www1.ru (customer's February 2026 announcement of the move to 2028), 21 Feb 2026

Project

Deep-water, ice-free coal terminal on the western shore of the Kola Bay with a design capacity of 18 Mt per year, served by a new 49.7 km railway Vykhodnoy–Lavna with a bridge over the Tuloma river. Rail traffic started in December 2023, coal shipments in March 2025.

Next milestone

Commissioning of the remaining process lines and two coal yards, bringing capacity towards the design 18 Mt per year. (2027)

Deadline history

• 16 Dec 2022Current deadline: Dec 2024 · Government of Russia (Telegram): railway and approaches for the 18 Mt complex to be completed in December 2024
• 29 Jan 2026Current deadline: 2026 · NPS (general contractor): remaining process lines, two coal yards and auxiliary facilities to be commissioned in 2026
• 27 Feb 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Government of Russia (State Commission on the Arctic): 18 Mt by 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Video on the Murmansk Transport Hub and rail approaches to Lavna · 10 Sep 2026 · Andrei Chibis

Open post on Telegram · Mintrans: 2.5 Mt of Lavna capacity commissioned in 2025 (image) · 9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Sources

• Governor Andrei Chibis (Telegram), 7 Oct 2026
• Governor Andrei Chibis (Telegram), 1 Oct 2026
• Government of Russia (State Commission on the Arctic), 27 Feb 2026
• NPS (Natsproektstroy), 29 Jan 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 9 Dec 2025
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 7 Nov 2025
• Government of Russia (Telegram), 16 Feb 2024
• Government of Russia (Telegram), 16 Dec 2022

Project

Three-pylon cable-stayed road bridge, 4.6 km long (2.5 km cable-stayed section), with a central pylon 284.5 m high, on permafrost near Staraya Tabaga, about 30 km upstream of Yakutsk. Including approaches the new road is 14.5 km long and will link the Lena and Kolyma federal highways with the Vilyuy highway, replacing ferry crossings; two lanes, up to 5,300 vehicles per day.

Next milestone

Pile foundations for the central (No. 9) and right pylons inside the river cofferdams; work around the central cofferdam continues through winter 2026/27 under an insulated enclosure.

Deadline history

• 10 Dec 2019Current deadline: 2025 · EastRussia quoting Aisen Nikolaev ('can be built in 2025' if organised properly)
• 24 Apr 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Ministry of Transport (Telegram)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Aisen Nikolaev on the pier No. 10 cofferdam in the Lena (video) · 24 Jul 2026 · Aisen Nikolaev

Open post on Telegram · Second cofferdam floated into the river for central pier No. 9 (video) · 17 Jul 2026 · Aisen Nikolaev

Open post on Telegram · Site inspection with Deputy PM Yuri Trutnev (video) · 29 Jul 2026 · Aisen Nikolaev

Sources

• VIS Group, 9 Oct 2026
• VIS Group, 20 Aug 2026
• VIS Group, 23 Jul 2026
• Aisen Nikolaev (Telegram), 24 Jul 2026
• Aisen Nikolaev (Telegram), 17 Jul 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 24 Apr 2026
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta, quoting Aisen Nikolaev and the Lena Bridge construction directorate, 29 Jan 2026
• Aisen Nikolaev (Telegram), 21 Oct 2025
• EastRussia, quoting Aisen Nikolaev, 10 Dec 2019

Project

Presidential cultural cluster of 13 objects; the educational part on Russky island (incl. choreography academy branch) is in operation. Under construction on Eagle's Nest hill: a combined building with a Mariinsky Theatre branch (opera and ballet stage of 1,450 seats per the government), a Tretyakov Gallery branch and an RGISI branch.

Next milestone

Completion of facades and stage machinery; commissioning of the theatre-museum building

Deadline history

• 7 Mar 2019Current deadline: Dec 2023 · Presidential instruction list Pr-388 of 07.03.2019 (text via pravo.ppt.ru)
• 11 Sep 2023Current deadline: Dec 2024 · Marat Khusnullin (Telegram)
• 2023-11Current deadline: 2025 · Oleg Kozhemyako at a meeting in Nov 2023, as reported by PrimaMedia (via news.mail.ru)
• 31 Oct 2024Current deadline: Jan 2026 · Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky Theatre) to journalists: end-2025/early 2026, PrimaMedia via news.mail.ru
• 25 Jun 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Marat Khusnullin report to the President (Telegram; also obyasnyaem.rf)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Installation of stage machinery in the theatre on Eagle's Nest hill (video) · 9 Oct 2026 · Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Readiness passes 50%: facade works and interior finishing (video) · 24 Jun 2026 · Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Valery Gergiev visits the future halls of the Mariinsky branch (photo) · 11 Sep 2026 · Stroytransgaz / Telegram

Sources

• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: stage machinery installation, 9 Oct 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: readiness more than 50%, 24 Jun 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: governor visit, readiness above 50%, 27 Jun 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: Gergiev visit, 'more than half ready', 11 Sep 2026
• Stroytransgaz, Telegram: Mariinsky branch three halls, 2,071 seats, 8 Sep 2026
• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram: facades and glazing being finished, 11 Jun 2026
• Marat Khusnullin, Telegram: report to the President (10 of 13 objects, 1,450 seats), 25 Jun 2025
• Pr-388 instruction list, text via pravo.ppt.ru, 7 Mar 2019

Project

Teatralnaya, the 11th station of the Samara metro, extends the existing line from Alabinskaya into the historic centre and completes the first line; the station complex has 286 functional rooms, and the right running tunnel bored for it is more than 1,500 m long.

Next milestone

Technical test run of trains, planned for the first quarter of 2027; commissioning and opening in the second quarter of 2027. The first stage of street works near Ulitsa Polevaya is to be finished by the end of 2026.

Deadline history

• 11 Dec 2021Current deadline: 2024 · 63.ru, quoting Governor Dmitry Azarov (by Q1 2024)
• 1 Aug 2022Current deadline: 2025 · Marat Khusnullin (Telegram)
• 27 Nov 2025Current deadline: 2027 · Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev (Telegram): opening planned for Q1 2027
• 6 Feb 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram): plans to open in Q1 2027 unchanged
• 28 Sep 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram): technical run Q1 2027, opening Q2 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Station in the final stage: cladding, track laying and street works (video) · 28 Sep 2026 · Samara Region Ministry of Construction

Open post on Telegram · Finishing works in passages and vestibules (photo) · 2 Oct 2026 · Samara Region Ministry of Construction

Open post on Telegram · Site inspection by regional prime minister Vitaly Shabalatov (photo) · 15 May 2026 · Samara Region Ministry of Construction

Sources

• Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram), 2 Oct 2026
• Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram), 28 Sep 2026
• Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram), 15 May 2026
• Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram), 6 Feb 2026
• Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram), 6 Feb 2026
• Samara Region Ministry of Construction (Telegram), 27 Jan 2026
• Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev (Telegram), 27 Nov 2025
• Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 27 Nov 2025
• 63.ru, quoting Governor Dmitry Azarov, 11 Dec 2021

Project

Kavkaz.RF is building the main ski area of the Veduchi resort on the north slope of the Daneduk ridge: new cable cars and pistes, a snowmaking system and the VL1 gondola, a 4.3 km link across the Argun gorge on only three towers with a span of about 3 km. By September 2026, 18 of 20 infrastructure objects were in operation.

Next milestone

Launch of the snowmaking system (95% ready) before the end of 2026; VL1 rope pulling and commissioning carry over into 2027 (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 15 Jul 2024Current deadline: 2024 · Rustam Tapaev, deputy CEO of Kavkaz.RF, quoted by TASS (via Eto Kavkaz / Mail.ru)
• 24 Sep 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Andrey Yumshanov, CEO of Kavkaz.RF (Kavkaz.RF Telegram)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Inspection of the north-slope construction by Deputy Minister Nazarov and the Kavkaz.RF management (photos) · 24 Sep 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Helicopter-assisted rope pulling for the VL1 gondola, now on the north side of the gorge (video) · 25 Sep 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Completed six-seat chairlifts VL2 (642 m) and VL4 (almost 1,400 m) on the north slope (video) · 19 Jun 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Sources

• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Nazarov inspection, 18 of 20 objects, VL1 in 2027, snowmaking 95%, 24 Sep 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: first VL1 carrying rope tensioned, 24 Sep 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: VL2 and VL4 chairlifts completed, 19 Jun 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: VL1 towers (45, 75 and 85 m) nearly finished, 22 Oct 2025
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: north slope status, 14 pistes with 11.5 km ready, 18 Apr 2025
• Eto Kavkaz via Mail.ru: Tapaev (Kavkaz.RF) quoted by TASS on VL1 timing, 15 Jul 2024

Project

Arctic oil project with a 790-km trunk pipeline from the Vankor and Payakha fields to the Bukhta Sever terminal on the Yenisei Gulf (design capacity 100 Mt/yr; 414 km twin-line). The first stage of the terminal handles 30 Mt/yr.

Next milestone

Shipments of 30 million tonnes of oil to consumers in the second half of 2027; up to 50 million tonnes by 2030. (Dec 2027)

Deadline history

• 25 Nov 2020Current deadline: 2024 · kremlin.ru, meeting with Igor Sechin: up to 30 Mt via the Northern Sea Route by 2024
• 5 Sep 2026Current deadline: 2027 · kremlin.ru, commissioning ceremony: 30 Mt in H2 2027, up to 50 Mt by 2030

Site footage

Sources

• kremlin.ru: commissioning of the Vostok Oil project, 5 Sep 2026
• kremlin.ru: meeting with Igor Sechin (2024 target), 25 Nov 2020
• www1.ru: first oil to Bukhta Sever, 6 Sep 2026

Project

Polymer plant near Svobodny designed to produce 2.7 million t/yr of polyethylene and polypropylene from ethane and LPG supplied by Gazprom's neighbouring Amur gas processing plant. Commissioning works began in 2026.

Next milestone

First polyethylene output; no new date has been given since the August 2026 fire.

Deadline history

• 18 Aug 2020Current deadline: 2025 · SIBUR (Telegram): construction and commissioning 2024–2025
• 13 Sep 2021Current deadline: Jun 2024 · SIBUR (Telegram), Pavel Lyakhovich: completion mid-2024
• 14 Jul 2025Current deadline: 2027 · SIBUR (Telegram): polyethylene 2026, polypropylene 2027
• 25 Dec 2025Current deadline: Sep 2026 · SIBUR (Telegram): production launch in Q3 2026
• 2 Mar 2026Current deadline: Aug 2026 · kremlin.ru, Governor Orlov: first product in August

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Construction results for Q1 2026: pyrolysis furnaces fired, packaging lines being installed (video) · 7 May 2026 · SIBUR

Open post on Telegram · Installation of the polypropylene loop reactors (video) · 17 Nov 2025 · SIBUR

Sources

• kremlin.ru: meeting with Amur Governor Vasily Orlov (90% readiness), 2 Mar 2026
• SIBUR (Telegram): commissioning works, flare system started, feedstock intake, 13 Jun 2026
• SIBUR (Telegram): Q1 2026 construction results, 7 May 2026
• SIBUR (Telegram): launch planned for Q3 2026, 25 Dec 2025
• SIBUR press release (Media OutReach): 87.9% complete at end-September 2025, 14 Oct 2025
• SIBUR (Telegram): 82% readiness end-June 2025, 14 Jul 2025
• The Moscow Times/Reuters citing AGCC Telegram: recovery works after fire, 27 Aug 2026
• InvestFuture citing TASS: Orlov, launch delayed, 1 Sep 2026

Project

Expansion of the ski resort inside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: two five-star hotels with 310 and 575 rooms on the lower and middle stations, a new Krasnaya–Yug cable car towards the valley between Krasnaya and Ostraya mountains as a first step to the all-season 'Ayna Valley' area, and growth of the piste network from about 40 km to 90 km.

Next milestone

5 km of new pistes in 2026; snowmaking on the Kedrovaya and Taezhnaya pistes is being installed; piste network to reach 90 km by 2029 (2026)

Deadline history

• 25 Apr 2023Current deadline: 2026 · Valery Limarenko (Telegram): first stage of the master plan, new objects in 2026
• 9 Apr 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Valery Limarenko (Telegram): two five-star complexes with 934 rooms by 2027
• 8 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Valery Limarenko (Telegram): hotels with 310 and 575 rooms in 2028

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Governor Limarenko at the start of cable-car construction and on the hotel sites (video) · 1 Aug 2026 · Valery Limarenko / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Resort notice on construction of the Yug–Krasnaya cable car and snowmaking on Kedrovaya and Taezhnaya pistes (photo) · 18 Aug 2026 · STK Gorny Vozdukh / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Development plans presented to Deputy PM Trutnev: hotels for 2028, 90 km of pistes by 2029 (video) · 8 Jun 2026 · Valery Limarenko / Telegram

Sources

• Valery Limarenko, Telegram: tourism meeting, Krasnaya–Yug cable car begun, 90 km target, 25 Sep 2026
• Valery Limarenko, Telegram: 40 km of pistes, expansion to 90 km, 10 Aug 2026
• Valery Limarenko, Telegram: cable car construction started, hotel concreting nearly complete, 1 Aug 2026
• Valery Limarenko, Telegram: plans presented to Trutnev, hotels 2028, 90 km by 2029, 8 Jun 2026
• Valery Limarenko, Telegram: two five-star complexes with 934 rooms by 2027, 9 Apr 2026
• Valery Limarenko, Telegram: master plan first stage, new objects in 2026, 25 Apr 2023

Project

Russia's first high-speed line, about 700 km long, designed for trains running at up to 400 km/h. The project comprises seven construction stages and 239 bridges and viaducts with a total length of 180 km; the 129 km Kryukovo–Novaya Tver section (stages 6 and 7) is being built first as a test track.

Next milestone

Start of testing of the first two Russian-built high-speed trains on the Zelenograd (Kryukovo)–Tver test section. (2027)

Deadline history

• 7 Oct 2019Current deadline: 2026 · RZD (Kattsyn), quoted by Izvestia
• 17 Aug 2021Current deadline: 2026 · Governor Alexander Beglov, quoted by Delovoy Peterburg
• 24 Aug 2023Current deadline: 2028 · Fontanka quoting Deputy Transport Minister Valentin Ivanov
• 12 Feb 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Government of Russia – Deputy PM Vitaly Savelyev

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Meeting on VSM construction progress chaired by Deputy PM Andrei Nikitin (photos) · 23 Oct 2026 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Open post on Telegram · Video: assembly of the first VSM trains at the Ural Locomotives plant, Verkhnyaya Pyshma · 2 Oct 2026 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Open post on Telegram · Opening of the robotised plant for ballastless track slabs in Novgorod Oblast (photos) · 19 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Sources

• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 27 Oct 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 23 Oct 2026
• Government of Russia, 2 Jul 2026
• Government of Russia, 12 May 2026
• Government of Russia, 22 Apr 2026
• Government of Russia, 13 Mar 2026
• Government of Russia, 12 Feb 2026
• Government of Russia, 27 Jan 2026
• Fontanka, quoting Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin (TASS interview), 8 Jan 2026
• Fontanka, quoting Deputy Transport Minister Valentin Ivanov, 24 Aug 2023

Project

New gas-fired combined-cycle heat and power plant in Khabarovsk with a design capacity of 410 MW and 1,389 Gcal/h, built to replace the 70-year-old Khabarovsk CHP-1. Six hot-water boilers with 1,080 Gcal/h were put into service in the first half of 2026; the main building and the two gas-turbine units are still under construction.

Next milestone

Completion and commissioning of the combined-cycle units, planned by RusHydro for mid-2027 provided equipment is delivered on time. (2027)

Deadline history

• 17 Aug 2019Current deadline: 2025 · Government Order No. 1844-r (implementation period 2019–2025)
• 23 Jan 2025Current deadline: 2027 · RusHydro (Telegram): main building started, commissioning planned for 2027
• 25 Dec 2025Current deadline: 2027 · RusHydro (Telegram): completion and commissioning planned for mid-2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Construction site: six hot-water boilers ready to supply heat (photo) · 25 Dec 2025 · RusHydro

Open post on Telegram · Start of construction of the main building (photo) · 23 Jan 2025 · RusHydro

Open post on Telegram · Second gas turbine leaves the factory for Khabarovsk (photo) · 1 Jun 2026 · RusHydro / Silovye Mashiny

Sources

• Government Order No. 1844-r of 17 Aug 2019 (via zakonrf.info), 17 Aug 2019
• RusHydro (Telegram): main building started, commissioning planned for 2027, 23 Jan 2025
• RusHydro (Telegram): Energy Minister Tsivilev inspects the site, commissioning planned for 2027, 14 Mar 2025
• RusHydro (Telegram): six hot-water boilers ready, mid-2027 completion, 25 Dec 2025
• RusHydro (Telegram): first gas turbine passes factory tests, 10 Mar 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): first turbine generator shipped to the South CHP, 18 May 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): second gas turbine shipped, 1 Jun 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): 1,080 Gcal/h commissioned in H1 2026, 15 Oct 2026

Project

Replacement nuclear power plant at Kurchatov with VVER-TOI reactor units of about 1,250 MW each. Unit 1 (1,253 MW) entered commercial operation in April 2026; unit 2 is under construction, unit 3 is in early construction and unit 4 holds a siting licence.

Next milestone

Start-up of unit 2 (first two units to be in service by 2027, according to Deputy PM Novak). (2027)

Deadline history

• 3 Nov 2022Current deadline: 2025 · Rosatom (Telegram), director Alexander Uvakin: physical start-up and commercial operation of units 1 and 2 in 2024–2025
• 11 Sep 2025Current deadline: 2027 · Deputy PM Alexander Novak via RIA Novosti/www1.ru: first two units by 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Rosatom post on the commissioning of unit 1 (VVER-TOI, 1,253 MW), with photo · 29 Apr 2026 · Rosatom

Open post on Telegram · Unit 3: concreting of the reactor building foundation slab completed · 8 May 2026 · Rosatom

Sources

• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 1 put into commercial operation, 29 Apr 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 1 at 100% power, 16 Mar 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 3 reactor building foundation completed, 8 May 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): siting licences for units 3 and 4, 23 Mar 2025
• kremlin.ru: meeting on nuclear energy development (Likhachev), 20 Aug 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): Uvakin on 2024–2025 timeline, 3 Nov 2022
• www1.ru citing RIA Novosti: Novak, first two units by 2027, 11 Sep 2025
• Profile.ru: Governor Khinshtein on first concrete for unit 3, 29 Jan 2026

Project

Complete rebuild of the 1980 Olympic arena on Olimpiysky Prospekt into a multifunctional complex of four buildings: a main building with a 12,000-seat concert hall at 50 m height and a 1 km elevated running track, an aquatics centre with 15 pools, a sports and fitness centre with ice rinks, and a small concert hall. More than 100 sports venues for over 40 sports are planned.

Next milestone

Completion of the main construction works on the complex, planned for 2027; the new Dostoevskaya station on the Koltsevaya line is being built in parallel to serve the site.

Deadline history

• 4 Aug 2023Current deadline: 2025 · RBC quoting Mayor Sergei Sobyanin (construction readiness 40%)
• 4 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2027 · TASS via Mail.ru quoting Deputy Mayor Vladimir Efimov
• 27 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram): main construction works to be completed in 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Olimpiyskiy construction site, video and photos (readiness about 80%) · 27 Oct 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin / Telegram

Sources

• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram, 27 Oct 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (sports programme 2027-2029), 27 Oct 2026
• Mail.ru / TASS quoting Vladimir Efimov, 4 Jun 2026
• RBC quoting Sergei Sobyanin, 4 Aug 2023

Project

Second stage of Yakutsk GRES-2, now named Tuymaada thermal power plant: a gas-fired plant on permafrost with two 80 MW power units, 160 MW electric and 280 Gcal/h heat capacity in total. Together with stage 1 (in service since 2017) it is to replace the old Yakutsk GRES, which will then be shut down.

Next milestone

Completion of construction, which RusHydro expects in 2027 (the Head of Yakutia spoke of phased commissioning by 2028). (2027)

Deadline history

• 17 Aug 2019Current deadline: 2025 · Government Order No. 1844-r (implementation period 2019–2025)
• 9 Jan 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev (Telegram): phased commissioning of two 80 MW units by 2028
• 16 Mar 2026Current deadline: 2027 · RusHydro (Telegram): construction to be completed next year

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Generator of the first turbine installed in the main building (photo) · 16 Mar 2026 · RusHydro

Open post on Telegram · Head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev visits the construction site in severe frost (video) · 9 Jan 2026 · Aisen Nikolaev / Government of Yakutia

Sources

• Government Order No. 1844-r of 17 Aug 2019 (via zakonrf.info), 17 Aug 2019
• Aisen Nikolaev (Telegram): site visit, phased commissioning by 2028, 9 Jan 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): generator of the first turbine installed, completion next year, 16 Mar 2026
• Natsproektstroy (general contractor group): turbine generator installed, status of works, 16 Mar 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): weekly news video incl. Tuymaada, 22 Mar 2026

Project

Reconstruction of the city's main stadium, closed for works since 2021: an artificial-turf football pitch, running tracks, floodlight masts, renovated rooms under the stands and more than 6,000 new seats. The governor lists completion of the stadium's second stage among the projects of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur master plan.

Next milestone

Laying of the rubber surface on the running tracks, which according to Governor Demeshin cannot be done properly once the cold sets in; no new completion date had been announced as of 26 Oct 2026.

Deadline history

• 2 Nov 2024Current deadline: 2025 · Dmitry Demeshin (Telegram): deadlines missed in 2024, completion shifted to 2025
• 5 Feb 2026Current deadline: 2026 · Dmitry Demeshin (Telegram): commissioning in Q1 2026
• 30 Mar 2026Current deadline: Jun 2026 · Dmitry Demeshin (Telegram): stadium to be handed over by City Day (12 June)
• 14 Jun 2026Current deadline: Oct 2026 · Dmitry Demeshin (Telegram): new contract deadline 30 Oct 2026, city administration's commitment 30 Sep 2026

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Video: state of the Avangard stadium in October 2026 (readiness 80%) · 26 Oct 2026 · Dmitry Demeshin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Video: governor on the missed City Day deadline and the new schedule · 14 Jun 2026 · Dmitry Demeshin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Video: pitch, running tracks and floodlights after the main works · 7 Feb 2026 · Dmitry Demeshin / Telegram

Sources

• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (80% readiness, works not complete), 26 Oct 2026
• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (master plan report, second stage of Avangard being completed), 16 Sep 2026
• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (deadline 30 Oct / 30 Sep 2026), 14 Jun 2026
• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (handover by City Day), 30 Mar 2026
• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (closed since 2021; pitch, tracks, floodlights; more than 6,000 seats to be installed), 7 Feb 2026
• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (commissioning Q1 2026), 5 Feb 2026
• Dmitry Demeshin, Telegram (completion shifted to 2025), 2 Nov 2024

Project

Rebuild of the 1959 Torpedo stadium on Vostochnaya Street (former ZIL area) into a 15,000-seat football stadium (up to 20,000 in concert mode) with a FIFA Quality Pro pitch, a cantilevered roof of almost 19 m and three training pitches.

Deadline history

• 22 Jan 2022Current deadline: 2024 · M24 quoting Sergei Sobyanin
• 19 Feb 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram ('autumn 2026')
• 18 Nov 2025Current deadline: Sep 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram ('Q3 2026', readiness 70%)
• 5 Sep 2026Current deadline: Sep 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram - opened

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Opening of the reconstructed Torpedo stadium, video and photos · 5 Sep 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Construction site at 70% readiness · 18 Nov 2025 · Sergei Sobyanin / Telegram

Sources

• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (opening), 5 Sep 2026
• Kremlin: Opening of Moscow infrastructure facilities, 5 Sep 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (70%, Q3 2026), 18 Nov 2025
• Sergei Sobyanin, Telegram (autumn 2026), 19 Feb 2025
• M24 quoting Sergei Sobyanin, 22 Jan 2022

Project

Ski resort on Obzornaya hill in Arsenyev: 12 km of slopes with artificial snowmaking, two high-speed chairlifts (1,570 m and 1,522 m), about 230 hotel rooms, capacity up to 2,700 skiers a day, plus an all-season water and spa complex.

Next milestone

Full launch for the 2026/27 season: apart-hotels, new slopes (12 km in total), restaurants; water and spa complex during the season (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 22 Jan 2024Current deadline: Dec 2024 · Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): first stage expected in the new season
• 19 Oct 2024Current deadline: 2025 · Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): test operation in 2025
• 18 Jan 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): new slopes, hotels, restaurant by next season
• 18 Aug 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · Primorye government press service via PrimaMedia: full launch end of 2026

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Interior fit-out in the apart-hotels of the Arsenyev resort (video) · 7 Jul 2026 · Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Test opening of the first three slopes (video) · 31 Dec 2025 · Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram

Sources

• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: apart-hotel fit-out, 7 Jul 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: test season closing, more than 35,000 visitors, 19 Mar 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: test opening of three slopes, 31 Dec 2025
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: chairlift D completed (1,570 m), lift E being mounted, 22 May 2025
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: capacity 2,700 skiers per day, 22 Jul 2025
• PrimaMedia via news.mail.ru (quoting Primorye government press service): full launch end-2026, 18 Aug 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Governor (Telegram), 28 Dec 2024

Project

Gas-fired combined-cycle heat and power plant with 440 MW electrical and 456 Gcal/h thermal capacity (two CCGT units and three hot-water boilers). It is to replace the coal-fired Artyom CHP built in 1936.

Next milestone

Start of testing of the generating equipment and completion of the second (back-up) gas supply line, planned for November 2026. (Nov 2026)

Deadline history

• 17 Aug 2019Current deadline: 2026 · Government Order No. 1844-r (implementation period 2019–2026)
• 23 Apr 2026Current deadline: 2027 · RusHydro (Telegram): launch planned for 2027
• 14 Sep 2026Current deadline: 2027 · RusHydro (Telegram): power units to be commissioned in 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Commissioning of the hot-water boilers (video) · 14 Sep 2026 · RusHydro

Open post on Telegram · Main building and construction site; 110-kV switchgear energised (photo) · 8 Jul 2026 · RusHydro

Open post on Telegram · Second gas turbine placed on its foundation (photo) · 23 Apr 2026 · RusHydro / DGK

Sources

• RusHydro (Telegram): boiler commissioning, tests in November, units in 2027, 14 Sep 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): gas delivered to GRS-2 Artyom (Gazprom), 3 Sep 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): 110-kV switchgear energised, 8 Jul 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): second gas turbine installed, 67%, launch 2027, 23 Apr 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): Trutnev site visit, readiness 67%, 8 Apr 2026
• Government Order No. 1844-r of 17 Aug 2019 (via zakonrf.info), 17 Aug 2019

Project

New university campus of the Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad, built under the federal programme for a network of modern campuses: teaching and research buildings (three «Biomed» buildings, Institute of High Technologies, Higher School of Philosophy and Social Sciences), a conference complex and two dormitories with almost 2,500 places. The state client puts the total floor area at more than 115,000 m².

Next milestone

Completion of the last two buildings — the Higher School of Philosophy and Social Sciences (with the clock tower) and the conference complex — by the end of 2026; according to the university, the campus is to be fully in use from September 2027. (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 22 Apr 2024Current deadline: Dec 2025 · Объясняем.рф: meeting chaired by Deputy PM Khusnullin — campus to be fully built by the end of 2025
• 26 Aug 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · Baltic Federal University (kantiana.ru): remaining key buildings to be completed by the end of 2026
• 29 Sep 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · Aleksey Shmelev, PPK «Yediny Zakazchik» (kantiana.ru): two remaining buildings to be completed by the end of 2026
• 20 Oct 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · Karen Oganesyan, Director General of PPK «Yediny Zakazchik» (kantiana.ru)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Photos: completed Institute of High Technologies building and the clock tower of the Higher School of Philosophy and Social Sciences · 20 Oct 2026 · Marat Khusnullin / Telegram

Sources

• Baltic Federal University: Khusnullin — Institute of High Technologies completed; Oganesyan — readiness about 95%, 115,000 m², two buildings left, 20 Oct 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram): Institute of High Technologies completed, 20 Oct 2026
• Baltic Federal University: press tour — readiness above 90%, eight buildings erected (Khusnullin), schedule to Sept 2027, 29 Sep 2026
• Baltic Federal University: Kantiana campus at 90% readiness, 26 Aug 2026
• Kremlin: opening of new university campus facilities in the regions (Kaliningrad dormitories), 23 Jan 2026
• Объясняем.рф: Kantiana campus to be completed by the end of 2025, 22 Apr 2024
• Объясняем.рф: two Kantiana buildings commissioned, 28 May 2024

Project

Widening of the federal R-351 Yekaterinburg–Tyumen highway to four lanes along its full length, including a 17 km bypass of Bogdanovich (opened 2025) and a new bypass of Beloyarsky, Mezenskoye and Maly Brusyany (km 35–89). The upgraded road is to become part of the M-12 'Vostok' expressway, giving a continuous high-speed route Moscow–Tyumen.

Next milestone

Opening of four-lane traffic along the entire R-351; the road then becomes part of M-12 (Khusnullin: 'by November'; Rosavtodor: 'by the end of the year'). (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 13 Dec 2022Current deadline: 2025 · Rosavtodor (Telegram): whole R-351 to be widened to four lanes by 2025
• 10 Apr 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Rosavtodor (Telegram), head Roman Novikov
• 20 Nov 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Governor Denis Pasler (Telegram)
• 12 Aug 2026Current deadline: Nov 2026 · Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram, TASS interview)
• 16 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2026 · Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram)
• 29 Oct 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · Rosavtodor (Telegram)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Rosavtodor video from the km 35–89 construction sections of R-351 · 22 Jul 2026 · Rosavtodor

Open post on Telegram · Construction of the R-351 Beloyarsky–Mezenskoye–Maly Brusyany bypass · 27 May 2026 · Rosavtodor

Open post on Telegram · Asphalt laying on the 25 km bypass section (photos) · 22 Jul 2026 · Marat Khusnullin

Sources

• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 29 Oct 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 16 Oct 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 12 Aug 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 22 Jul 2026
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 22 Jul 2026
• Mintrans (Telegram): 9 overpasses and 7 bridges on the Beloyarsky bypass due by end-2026, 5 Jun 2026
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 27 May 2026
• Governor Denis Pasler (Telegram), 20 Nov 2025
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 20 Nov 2025
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 10 Apr 2025
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 13 Dec 2022

Project

A 63 km southern bypass of the Saratov–Engels agglomeration that will link several federal highways and close the Saratov ring road. Its core is a four-lane Volga crossing more than 14 km long including approaches (11.8 km over water), with two floodplain bridges and a 2,084.4 m cable-stayed channel bridge with a 152 m pylon; it will be the city's third road crossing of the Volga.

Next milestone

Completion of the Volga bridge crossing: after the span launching started in June 2026, works on the crossing are to be finished in December 2027 (Volodin); the full bypass follows in 2028. (Dec 2027)

Deadline history

• 25 Jan 2023Current deadline: 2025 · Governor Roman Busargin (Telegram), Volga bridge only: «мост должен быть построен уже в 2025 году»
• 29 Nov 2025Current deadline: 2027 · Ministry of Transport (Telegram): commissioning of the southern bypass planned for 2027
• 11 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Rosavtodor (Telegram): bridge crossing to be completed and commissioned in 2027
• 11 Jun 2026Current deadline: Dec 2027 · State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin (Telegram): bridge crossing works to be completed in December 2027
• 11 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Rosavtodor (Telegram): whole project to be completed in 2028
• 29 Jul 2026Current deadline: 2028 · Rosavtodor (Telegram): completion of the 63 km bypass scheduled for 2028

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Volga bridge construction site at the start of span launching (photos) · 11 Jun 2026 · Rosavtodor

Open post on Telegram · Start of span launching on the Volga bridge crossing (video) · 11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Open post on Telegram · Vyacheslav Volodin at the start of span launching (video) · 11 Jun 2026 · Vyacheslav Volodin

Sources

• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 29 Jul 2026
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 11 Jun 2026
• Rosavtodor (Telegram), 11 Jun 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 11 Jun 2026
• State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin (Telegram), 11 Jun 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 29 Nov 2025
• Governor Roman Busargin (Telegram), 29 Nov 2025
• Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 3 Apr 2025
• Governor Roman Busargin (Telegram), 25 May 2023
• Governor Roman Busargin (Telegram), 25 Jan 2023

Project

Federal 'Five Seas and Lake Baikal' resort on more than 200 ha at Aleut Bay: about 3,800 rooms, aquapark with heated outdoor pools, bath complexes, water sports school, medical centre, arena and fish market; requires a new 220 kV line with substation and road, water and sewage upgrades in the Khasan district.

Next milestone

Decision on 220 kV power line and substation for the resort and the Khasan district

Deadline history

• 4 Sep 2024Current deadline: 2028 · Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): first guests in 2028
• 28 Jan 2026Current deadline: 2030 · Deputy PM Chernyshenko: all Five Seas resorts to be completed by 2030 (obyasnyaem.rf)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Meeting with Trutnev on energy supply, incl. grid for the 'Primorye' resort (video) · 10 Apr 2026 · Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · On-site meeting at Aleut Bay on infrastructure for the resort (video) · 15 Aug 2024 · Oleg Kozhemyako / Telegram

Sources

• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: grid projects, 220 kV line, 10 Apr 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: over 200 ha, up to 3,800 guests, 10 Jun 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: 3,800 rooms, first guests 2028, 4 Sep 2024
• Oleg Kozhemyako, Telegram: on-site meeting, up to 8 MW for first stage, 15 Aug 2024

Project

Third stage of the expansion of the Baikal–Amur Mainline and the Trans-Siberian Railway, aiming to raise eastbound carrying capacity from 180 Mt (2024) to 210 Mt in 2030 and 270 Mt in 2032. Key structures are the second Severomuysky tunnel (over 15 km), second Kodarsky and Kuznetsovsky tunnels and a second rail bridge over the Amur, plus track doubling and electrification.

Next milestone

Opening of electric traction on the Volochayevka-2–Komsomolsk-on-Amur section (2026); electrification to reach Vanino in 2027. (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 2 May 2024Current deadline: 2035 · Government of Russia (stage completion; capacity 270 Mt by 2032)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Video: launch of transport projects in the Far East, incl. start of boring of the second Severomuysky tunnel · 2 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Open post on Telegram · Inspection of the second Severomuysky tunnel site by RZD, Roszheldor and the head of Buryatia (photos) · 22 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Transport of Russia

Sources

• NPS (Natsproektstroy), general contractor, 15 Oct 2026
• Kremlin, 2 Sep 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 2 Sep 2026
• Government of Russia, 28 Jul 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 22 Jun 2026
• Government of Russia (meeting of PM Mishustin with RZD CEO Oleg Belozerov), 20 May 2026
• Government of Russia (State Commission on the Arctic), 27 Feb 2026
• Government of Russia – commission chaired by Deputy PM Vitaly Savelyev, 3 Mar 2026
• Government of Russia, 2 May 2024

Project

Eastward expansion of the Elbrus ski resort towards the Terskol Peak observatory at 3,300–3,500 m. A first stage with two cable cars (a chairlift and a gondola) and 5.2 km of pistes opened in December 2025; the second stage foresees four more cable cars and 12 km of new pistes on eight runs.

Next milestone

Commissioning of a panoramic restaurant at the new EL6 gondola and of a piste-machine garage in 2026; environmental review and building permit for the eight new pistes (2026)

Deadline history

• 3 Dec 2024Current deadline: 2028 · Kavkaz.RF (Telegram): skiing in the new zone in spring 2028
• 6 Dec 2025Current deadline: Dec 2028 · Andrey Yumshanov, CEO of Kavkaz.RF (Kavkaz.RF Telegram)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Building season on Elbrus: Deputy Minister Nazarov inspects the sites (video) · 16 Jul 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Economy Minister Reshetnikov rides the new eastern-sector cable car at its opening (video) · 6 Dec 2025 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Scheme of the eight planned eastern-sector pistes (rendering) · 1 Jun 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Sources

• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: season 2026/27, 23 km and 5 cable cars incl. eastern sector, 7 Oct 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Nazarov inspection, objects due in 2026, Glavgosexpertiza for eight pistes, 16 Jul 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: season results, eastern sector at 3,300–3,500 m, two cable cars, six pistes with 5.2 km, 7 Jul 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Glavgosexpertiza approves eight new pistes (12 km), 1 Jun 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: opening of first stage, Yumshanov on four more cable cars and end-2028, 6 Dec 2025
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Reshetnikov tests new zone, 5.2 km, two cable cars, 6 Dec 2025
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: start of the eastern-sector project, 'spring 2028', 3 Dec 2024

Project

Two VVER-1200 reactor units at Sosnovy Bor that are to replace the remaining RBMK-1000 units of the Leningrad NPP. Rosatom plans commissioning in 2030 (unit 3) and 2032 (unit 4).

Next milestone

Installation of the reactor pressure vessel at unit 3, planned for 2027 (unit 4: 2029). (2027)

Deadline history

• 3 Jun 2022Current deadline: 2032 · Rosatom (Telegram): units to be completed in 2030 and 2032
• 18 Mar 2024Current deadline: 2032 · Rosatom (Telegram): unit 7 in 2030, unit 8 in 2032
• 22 Jan 2025Current deadline: 2032 · Rosatom (Telegram), Likhachev site visit: 2030 and 2032

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Unit 4: core catcher components installed in the reactor shaft (photo) · 22 Oct 2026 · Rosatom

Open post on Telegram · Unit 3: first concrete for the turbine building foundation (photo) · 9 Sep 2026 · Rosatom

Open post on Telegram · Unit 4: installation of the 157-t core catcher vessel (video) · 1 Aug 2026 · Rosatom

Sources

• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 4 core catcher works, 22 Oct 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 3 turbine building first concrete, 9 Sep 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 4 inner containment construction started, 5 Aug 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): Rosenergoatom CEO visit, works on 55 sites, 20 Jul 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): last core catcher delivered; unit 4 vessel installation due 2029, 14 Jul 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): unit 3 core catcher, reactor shaft 55% ready, vessel installation next year, 10 Jun 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): Likhachev visit, 2030/2032, 22 Jan 2025
• Rosatom (Telegram): 2030/2032 first stated, 3 Jun 2022

Project

Federal-regional-municipal-corporate plan approved by the government in December 2021 to renew the Arctic city of Norilsk by 2035: more than 70 new apartment buildings, demolition of more than 40 unsafe buildings, plus new and renovated social facilities, utilities and public spaces.

Next milestone

Three more apartment buildings under construction (four more planned by 2028); renovation of Zapolyarny State University due in 2027; new Talnakh polyclinic due in 2028.

Deadline history

• 14 Dec 2021Current deadline: 2035 · Interfax on government order (Mishustin)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Governor Kotyukov in Norilsk: key handover in new apartment buildings · 16 Jun 2026 · Mikhail Kotyukov / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Talnakh polyclinic construction site, seventh floor · 24 Sep 2026 · Nornickel / Telegram

Sources

• Mikhail Kotyukov, Governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Telegram (8 houses delivered, 3 under construction), 16 Jun 2026
• Mikhail Kotyukov, Telegram (8 houses, 4 more planned by 2028), 21 Apr 2026
• Nornickel, Telegram (Talnakh polyclinic), 24 Sep 2026
• Krasnoyarsk Krai government press release via Vedomosti, 16 Jun 2026
• Kommersant, 24 Sep 2026
• Interfax (government order on the plan), 14 Dec 2021

Project

Two new coal-fired power units with 280 MW in total at Partizanskaya GRES, built as a separate plant with its own fuel supply and water supply. They are to power railway traction substations on the Trans-Siberian Railway; station capacity will rise to 480 MW.

Next milestone

Completion of both power units, planned by RusHydro by the end of 2026. (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 11 Aug 2021Current deadline: 2026 · Governor Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): modernisation of the GRES in 2022–26
• 6 Feb 2026Current deadline: Dec 2026 · RusHydro (Telegram): completion by the end of 2026

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Construction site of the new units during Trutnev's inspection (photo) · 8 Apr 2026 · RusHydro

Open post on Telegram · Trutnev and Governor Kozhemyako at the construction sites (video) · 8 Apr 2026 · RusHydro / Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District

Open post on Telegram · Turbine hall closed, transformers installed (photo) · 6 Feb 2026 · RusHydro

Sources

• Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): modernisation of the GRES in 2022–26, 11 Aug 2021
• RusHydro (Telegram): new 150 m chimney completed, 29 Jan 2024
• RusHydro (Telegram): project more than half complete, completion by end of 2026, 6 Feb 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): status 72%, 480 MW after commissioning, 8 Apr 2026
• Oleg Kozhemyako (Telegram): inspection with Trutnev, 8 Apr 2026
• RusHydro (Telegram): digital control systems being installed at Partizanskaya GRES, 4 Sep 2026

Project

New multifunctional arena on Lokomotivnaya Street with 10,500 seats, two ice surfaces and almost 90,000 m² of floor space (governor, Aug 2026), height over 45 m, for competitions, concerts and business events.

Next milestone

Closing the thermal envelope and starting heating in autumn 2026 so that interior finishing can proceed over the winter; the arena is to host events of the All-Russian Winter Spartakiad in 2028.

Deadline history

• 7 Oct 2025Current deadline: 2027 · Dmitry Makhonin, Telegram

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Governor inspects the arena: stands installed, main roof nearly complete (almost 50%) · 3 Aug 2026 · Dmitry Makhonin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · First section of the decorative facade mounted · 17 Sep 2026 · Dmitry Makhonin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Time-lapse video: installation of a long-span roof beam (47 in total, up to almost 98 m) · 12 Feb 2026 · Dmitry Makhonin / Telegram

Sources

• Dmitry Makhonin, Telegram (almost 50%), 3 Aug 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin, Telegram (status report to Deputy PM Chernyshenko), 6 Oct 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin, Telegram (facade, Spartakiad 2028), 17 Sep 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin, Telegram (roof beams), 12 Feb 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin, Telegram (completion 2027), 7 Oct 2025

Project

Replacement nuclear power plant near Desnogorsk with two VVER-TOI units (2,400 MW in total in the 2017 general scheme) to take over from the RBMK units of the existing Smolensk NPP. The project is in its preparatory phase: the construction and installation base is being built; first concrete for unit 1 is planned for 2027.

Next milestone

Start of the main construction period in March 2027, with first concrete for the reactor building foundation of unit 1. (Mar 2027)

Deadline history

• 9 Jun 2017Current deadline: 2035 · Government Order No. 1209-r (General scheme to 2035): two units in 2031–2035
• 31 Oct 2023Current deadline: 2035 · Governor Vasily Anokhin via Interfax: commissioning 2033–2035

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Construction base: substation deliveries begin (photo) · 22 Oct 2026 · Rosatom

Open post on Telegram · Site task-force meeting; foundations of concrete-plant facilities completed (photo) · 17 Jul 2026 · Rosatom

Open post on Telegram · Permit for the construction and installation base; site levelling completed (photo) · 31 Jan 2025 · Rosatom

Sources

• Government Order No. 1209-r of 9 Jun 2017, General scheme to 2035 (via rulaws.ru), 9 Jun 2017
• Interfax: Governor Anokhin, commissioning planned for 2033–2035, 31 Oct 2023
• Rosatom (Telegram): site preparation for the new units begins, 21 Aug 2024
• Rosatom (Telegram): Glavgosexpertiza approves construction base, 18 Nov 2024
• Rosatom (Telegram): construction permit for the base; first concrete planned for 2027, 31 Jan 2025
• Rosatom (Telegram): task force, transition to main period in March 2027, 17 Jul 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): Nuclear Industry Day address – works at Smolensk under way, 28 Sep 2026
• Rosatom (Telegram): construction-base substation, 22 Oct 2026

Project

Comprehensive development plan for Ulan-Ude to 2030 (approved by government order in 2023), built around a new centre: integrated redevelopment with about 197,000 m² of housing, a 760-place school, the Baikal theatre (halls for 1,000 and 300), a National Museum, an inter-university campus, a new substation and seven road overpasses.

Next milestone

Completion of the National Museum, scheduled for 2026; the Baikal theatre is due in Q1 2027. (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 1 Aug 2023Current deadline: 2030 · объясняем.рф: government order approving plans for five Far Eastern cities

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Inspection of the National Museum and the 760-place school sites · 11 Jun 2026 · Alexei Tsydenov / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Baikal theatre: reinforced-concrete frame erected · 7 Feb 2026 · Alexei Tsydenov / Telegram

Sources

• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram (substation energised), 11 Sep 2026
• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram (master plan presented to the President), 10 Aug 2026
• Kremlin: exhibition on Far Eastern master plans, 10 Aug 2026
• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram (object deadlines), 1 May 2026
• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram (overpasses, 7 planned), 13 Jun 2026
• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram (central KRT, 197,000 m²), 22 Oct 2026
• объясняем.рф: plans for five Far Eastern cities approved, 1 Aug 2023

Project

Resort on the eastern shore of Lake Baikal (sites Turka, Peski, Goryachinsk, Bukhta Bezymyannaya) within the federal project 'Five Seas and Lake Baikal'; eight investors plan about 5,000 hotel rooms, the state funds power, water and sewage infrastructure.

Next milestone

Completion of the first hotel (153 rooms); new substations and treatment plants (design stage)

Deadline history

• 28 Jan 2026Current deadline: 2030 · Deputy PM Chernyshenko: all Five Seas resorts to be completed by 2030 (obyasnyaem.rf)
• 4 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2032 · Alexei Tsydenov (Telegram)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Report on 'Magic Baikal' at the government subcommission (photo) · 4 Jun 2026 · Alexei Tsydenov / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Meeting with Deputy Minister Vakhrukov and SEZ residents (photo) · 7 Nov 2025 · Alexei Tsydenov / Telegram

Sources

• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram: first hotel 153 rooms under construction, 5,000 rooms by 2032, 4 Jun 2026
• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram: eight residents, 110.7 bn roubles, 25 Sep 2026
• Alexei Tsydenov, Telegram: 215 m roubles for engineering infrastructure, grid connection Peski and Goryachinsk, 7 Nov 2025
• Obyasnyaem.rf: Five Seas roadmaps to be updated in 2026, completion by 2030, 28 Jan 2026

Project

New road of about 8 km from Kudepsta to Vysokoye that takes transit traffic between Sochi, the airport and Krasnaya Polyana out of Adler; about 6 km of it runs in twin tunnels of 5,878 m and 5,894 m with two lanes each, which will be Russia's longest road tunnels, plus a 916 m viaduct along the Kudepsta river. It is to become part of a planned expressway from the M-4 Don to Sochi.

Next milestone

Start of tunnel boring from the eastern portal at Vysokoye; in May 2026 Avtodor reported that concreting of the launch cradles for the tunnel boring machines was being completed.

Deadline history

• 5 Sep 2023Current deadline: 2026 · Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram): „Ставим цель завершить работы в 2026 году“

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · First span of the Kudepsta bridge crossings concreted (photo) · 22 Sep 2026 · Avtodor

Open post on Telegram · Viaduct falsework, retaining walls and tunnel-boring launch cradles at the eastern portal (photo) · 26 May 2026 · Avtodor

Open post on Telegram · Spans of two viaducts concreted; site footage (video) · 18 Mar 2026 · Avtodor

Sources

• Avtodor (Telegram), 22 Sep 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 4 Aug 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 26 May 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 16 Apr 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 18 Mar 2026
• Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 11 Feb 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 3 Feb 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 17 Nov 2025
• Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 6 Oct 2025
• Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 29 Jul 2025
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 17 Jan 2025
• Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 5 Sep 2023
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta, quoting Maxim Akhunov, Avtodor Sochi branch, 31 May 2026

Project

Two-unit nuclear power plant project with VVER-1200 reactors near Neman, Kaliningrad region. Rosatom considers the project postponed; the future plant format (large or small reactors) is open.

Next milestone

Decision on whether and in what format to resume the project; no date announced.

Site footage

Sources

• News Mail / Kaliningrad.Ru citing TASS: Likhachev, project postponed, 3 May 2025

Project

828-km trunk gas pipeline connecting the Power of Siberia pipeline with the Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok system; first stage of Gazprom's Eastern Gas Supply System. It includes crossings of the Zeya, Bureya and Amur rivers.

Next milestone

Commissioning, which Gazprom CEO Miller announced for 2026. (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 27 May 2025Current deadline: 2027 · Ministry of Energy, gas industry department director A. Verkhov, quoted by Neftegaz.RU
• 26 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2026 · Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, quoted by TASS

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Pipe-laying on the line in winter conditions (photo) · 28 Apr 2026 · Gazprom

Sources

• Gazprom (Telegram): 95% construction readiness, 29 Oct 2026
• Gazprom (Telegram): 94%, 20 Oct 2026
• Gazprom (Telegram): more than 90%, 24 Sep 2026
• Gazprom (Telegram): 75%, 754 of 828 km laid, 28 Apr 2026
• Gazprom (Telegram): 61.4%, 25 Nov 2025
• Gazprom (Telegram): 57.9%, 30 Oct 2025
• Gazprom (Telegram): 37.6%, 22 Apr 2025
• TASS: Miller, commissioning in 2026, 26 Jun 2026

Project

Year-round seaside resort in a special economic zone on the Caspian coast near Kaspiysk, part of the federal project 'Five Seas and Lake Baikal'. The state builds 7 first-stage infrastructure objects (4-storey multifunctional centre of 7,500 m², 15 km of internal roads, 693-space parking, utility networks, landscaping); resort residents plan almost 3,500 hotel rooms.

Next milestone

Close the external envelope of the multifunctional centre and finish rough works; complete reinforced-concrete works on the parking garage (Dec 2026)

Deadline history

• 27 Jan 2026Current deadline: Dec 2027 · Kommersant quoting Kavkaz.RF deputy CEO Vladimir Lapukhin (base objects 2027, networks until Dec 2027)
• 25 Sep 2026Current deadline: Dec 2027 · Kavkaz.RF, Telegram (Yumshanov)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Deputy Minister Nazarov inspects the construction site of the Caspian cluster (video) · 25 Sep 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Multifunctional service centre under construction (video) · 19 Jun 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Construction site on the coast near Kaspiysk (video) · 13 Oct 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Sources

• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Nazarov site visit, 5 of 6 objects under construction, commissioning Dec 2027, 25 Sep 2026
• Kavkaz.RF Caspian resort channel, Telegram: start of road construction (15 km), 6 May 2026
• Sergei Melikov, Head of Dagestan, Telegram: report to government subcommission, 28 Jan 2026
• Kommersant (quoting Kavkaz.RF): base objects in 2027, 27 Jan 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: separate project unit, expertise for parking and networks, 28 Nov 2025

Project

Campus for eight universities of Perm Krai on a 21.5 ha site on the right bank of the Kama: nine buildings with about 161,500 m² in total, including a teaching and laboratory building with technopark, five dormitories for 4,760 students, hotel buildings for teachers (329 places), a sports complex with swimming pool and a congress hall.

Next milestone

Utility networks, closing of the thermal envelope and internal walls of all buildings; Governor Makhonin says interior finishing and fitting-out of the campus will start in 2027. (2027)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Video: overview of the campus construction site with all nine buildings · 13 Aug 2026 · Dmitry Makhonin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Photos: governor inspects the campus site (readiness more than 25%, over 900 workers daily) · 13 Aug 2026 · Dmitry Makhonin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Video: load-bearing structures of the nine campus buildings under construction (readiness 17%) · 2 May 2026 · Dmitry Makhonin / Telegram

Sources

• Perm Krai Government: readiness 27,73%, nine buildings, 161,500 m², 4,760 + 329 places, 22 Sep 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): meeting with Deputy PM Chernyshenko, campus of more than 160,000 m² under construction, 6 Oct 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): readiness more than 25%, more than 900 workers, 13 Aug 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): nine buildings — congress centre, teaching and laboratory building, hotels, sports complex with pool, 13 Aug 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): readiness more than 21%, interior finishing to start next year, 24 Jun 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): readiness 17%, next construction stages, 2 May 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): readiness more than 13%, 12 Feb 2026
• Dmitry Makhonin (Telegram): readiness more than 11%, 14 Jan 2026

Project

Four-lane expressway forming an outer ring around St Petersburg; the 80 km section built by Avtodor runs from the M-11 'Neva' to the St Petersburg–Matoksa road with 7 interchanges and 42 structures, including a 1.27 km cable-stayed bridge over the Neva. The first stage is the 62 km stretch from M-11 to the 'Road of Life'.

Next milestone

Site preparation for the first stage (M-11 – Road of Life, 62 km): soil replacement, relocation of utilities, archaeological and demining surveys.

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Avtodor post on the start of site preparation for KAD-2 stage 1 (image) · 2 Oct 2026 · Avtodor

Open post on Telegram · Khusnullin in St Petersburg: KAD-2 design and financing discussed (photos) · 23 Oct 2026 · Marat Khusnullin

Sources

• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 23 Oct 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 16 Oct 2026
• Avtodor (Telegram), 2 Oct 2026
• Ministry of Transport (Telegram), 2 Oct 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 22 Aug 2026
• Marat Khusnullin (Telegram), 22 May 2026
• Fontanka, 7 Jun 2024

Project

New mountain resort built from scratch by Kavkaz.RF in the Mamison gorge. It opened on 14 March 2025 with two cable cars rising to 2,950 m; by October 2026 more than 20 km of pistes and a snowmaking system covering over 276,000 m² were in operation. The plan foresees 43 km of pistes and 5 lifts by 2030, and later more than 100 km of pistes.

Next milestone

Start of the 2026/27 winter season with almost 700 beds. (2026)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Deputy Minister Nazarov's working visit to Mamison and meeting on resort development (photos) · 20 Oct 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Cable cars back in service after pre-season maintenance and rope re-splicing (video) · 16 Oct 2026 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Opening day of the resort with more than 5,000 visitors (photos) · 14 Mar 2025 · Kavkaz.RF / Telegram

Sources

• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Nazarov visit, >20 km pistes, two cable cars, snowmaking, SEZ extension, 20 Oct 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: cable cars up to 2,950 m back in service after maintenance, 16 Oct 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: government instruction on the second project stage, 22 May 2026
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: first stage with 19 km of pistes; territory plan >100 km, 27 May 2025
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: launch of Mamison, 10 km of pistes, 43 km and 5 lifts by 2030, 14 Mar 2025
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: opening on 14 March 2025 with Minister Reshetnikov and Head Menyailo, 14 Mar 2025
• Kavkaz.RF, Telegram: Yumshanov at board meeting, opening planned for February 2025, 20 Dec 2024

Project

New metro line from the former ZIL industrial zone to Biryulyovo Vostochnoye and Biryulyovo Zapadnoye, 22.2 km long with 10 stations, with interchanges to the Big Circle Line, the MCC, the Troitskaya and Zamoskvoretskaya lines and the Paveletsky railway line.

Next milestone

Opening of the first section ZIL–Kuryanovo (four stations: ZIL, Ostrov Mechty, Klenovy Bulvar, Kuryanovo). (2028)

Deadline history

• 24 Sep 2026Current deadline: 2029 · Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram): ZIL–Kuryanovo 2028, Kuryanovo–Biryulyovo 2029
• 28 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2029 · Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Start of tunnelling of the connecting branch to the Zamoskvoretskaya line (video) · 25 Oct 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin

Open post on Telegram · Active construction starts at Luganskaya station (video) · 8 Oct 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin

Open post on Telegram · Tunnel Ostrov Mechty–Klenovy Bulvar completed under the Moskva river (video) · 11 Sep 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin

Sources

• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 28 Oct 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 25 Oct 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 8 Oct 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 24 Sep 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 11 Sep 2026
• mos.ru, 24 Dec 2025

Project

New metro line from Moscow-City to Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye (SberCity) beyond the MKAD ring road, with 10 stations up to Novorizhskaya; a later extension towards Krasnogorsk is planned. The first section with 5 stations (Delovoy Tsentr–Bulvar Generala Karbysheva) opened on 5 September 2026.

Next milestone

Opening of the second section Bulvar Generala Karbysheva–Novorizhskaya with five new stations (incl. Lipovaya Roshcha and SberCity). (2027)

Deadline history

• 22 Jun 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram): section to Novorizhskaya next year
• 5 Sep 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram): Bulvar Generala Karbysheva–Novorizhskaya in 2027, Novorizhskaya–Izumrudnye Kholmy in 2030
• 28 Oct 2026Current deadline: 2027 · Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram): five new stations of the second section in 2027

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Opening of the first section (video) · 5 Sep 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin

Open post on Telegram · TBM 'Maria' completes the 2.04 km tunnel Lipovaya Roshcha–Strogino (video) · 22 Jun 2026 · Sergei Sobyanin

Sources

• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 28 Oct 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 3 Oct 2026
• Kremlin, 5 Sep 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 5 Sep 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 12 Jul 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 22 Jun 2026
• Sergei Sobyanin (Telegram), 20 Jun 2026
• Rossiyskaya Gazeta, quoting Sergei Sobyanin, 21 Jun 2026

Project

Planned export gas pipeline from West Siberian fields to China via Mongolia (transit section 'Soyuz Vostok'), with a capacity of 50 bcm per year. A legally binding memorandum on construction was signed in September 2025; commercial terms are still under negotiation.

Next milestone

Commercial agreement between Gazprom and CNPC, which Deputy PM Novak hopes to see by the end of 2026. (Dec 2026)

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Exchange of documents between Gazprom and CNPC in Beijing in the presence of the Russian and Chinese presidents (photo) · 2 Sep 2025 · Gazprom

Sources

• Gazprom (Telegram): documents signed with CNPC in Beijing, 2 Sep 2025
• Expert.ru: Miller on the legally binding memorandum (via Interfax), 2 Sep 2025
• Gazprom (Telegram): Miller meeting, prospects of Power of Siberia 2 via Mongolia, 26 Sep 2025
• Finance Mail (via Gazeta.Ru): Energy Minister Tsivilev on renaming to Power of Baikal, 2 Sep 2026
• Pipeline & Gas Journal citing TASS: Novak, work towards contract continues, 4 Sep 2026
• The Moscow Times/Reuters citing RIA: Novak, agreement possible by end-2026, 21 Oct 2026

Project

New ice palace next to the 2018 World Cup stadium on the Strelka with a 12,000-seat main arena and two training rinks - according to the governor the only complex in Russia with three ice arenas. New home of KHL club Torpedo.

Deadline history

• 2 Apr 2025Current deadline: 2025 · Gleb Nikitin, Telegram (target: 2025/26 KHL season)
• 17 Dec 2025Current deadline: 2026 · Match TV quoting regional sports ministry ('early 2026, as provided by the concession')
• 17 Aug 2026Current deadline: Aug 2026 · Gleb Nikitin, Telegram - commissioned

Site footage

Open post on Telegram · Video: ice arena on the Strelka commissioned · 17 Aug 2026 · Gleb Nikitin / Telegram

Open post on Telegram · Interior finishing more than 95% complete · 20 Jan 2026 · Gleb Nikitin / Telegram

Sources

• Gleb Nikitin, Telegram (commissioning), 17 Aug 2026
• Gleb Nikitin, Telegram (presented to the President), 28 Aug 2026
• Kremlin: Visit to Volga Arena sports complex, 28 Aug 2026
• Gleb Nikitin, Telegram (readiness practically 100%), 25 Mar 2026
• Gleb Nikitin, Telegram (naming VOLGA Arena), 6 May 2026
• Gleb Nikitin, Telegram (readiness 75%), 21 Nov 2024
• Match TV quoting regional sports ministry, 17 Dec 2025
• Sport24 (opening match report), 15 Sep 2026