Russia: Saving lives on the Road of Death

As recent bridge collapses in the US and China illustrated, the difference between good and bad infrastructure is a matter of life and death. Nowhere is that more true than in Russia, where Soviet-era infrastructure is now creaking under the strain of coping with the increasing demands of the country’s booming market economy.

Earlier this year, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that fixing and expanding the country’s infrastructure was a national priority and will benefit from ten of billions of petrodollars. How and where that money will be spent is now a matter of fervent interest, with both public and private sector bodies looking to be prime beneficiaries of the Kremlin’s largesse.

The potential gold rush has already attracted the attention of major global infrastructure players, with Australia’s Macquarie Bank announcing a link-up with leading Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital.

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