As presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet to negotiate Ukraine’s future, Ukrainians themselves are racing to fix vital infrastructure destroyed in Russia’s 2022 invasion. In just five months, one…

The boss of Russia’s biggest construction holding has warned that the country’s high interest rates could cause many bankruptcies in the construction sector. Alexei Krapivin, chief executive of Natsproektstroy, told…

North Korea has announced plans to send 6,000 soldiers to aid in the reconstruction of the southwest Kursk region, according to Russian state news agency Tass. The move was announced…

Russia has agreed to help Iran to build a greenfield nuclear power plant (NPP) and to further expand its existing facility in Bushehr on the country’s Gulf coast, the Mehr…

Thousands of North Korean labourers were sent to work on Russian construction sites last year amid Russia’s acute labour shortage, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports, citing South Korea’s spy…

Russia has chosen a contractor to build a motorway bridge over the Tumen river on its border with North Korea, the Interfax news agency reports.  The bridge, which will carry…

Russia is looking to boost its relationship with a number of friendly countries by building spaceports on their territory, website Business Insider Africa reports. Yury Borisov, the general director of…

Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom has offered to build two VVER-1200 reactors in Vietnam, and help with wind and battery projects, the Interfax agency reports. Chief executive Alexei Likhachev told journalists…

A division of Russian engineer Rosatom has begun work on a 300MW wind farm in the Republic of Dagestan in the northern Caucasus. The project will be carried out in…

Russia and Zimbabwe have begun talks about the African country sending people to Russia to work in construction. Russia faces severe labour shortages as casualties soar in its 33-month invasion…

Iranian and Russian officials have discussed a plan to build a rail link between Parsabad, a city on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, and the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas. Iran’s…

Russia’s ambassador to Mongolia has told the Izvestia newspaper that he hoped Mongolia would order a nuclear power station for a planned new city, Nuclear Engineering International reports. Ambassador Alexey…

A UK design engineer has won an international competition organised by the Norman Foster Foundation to create a masterplan for the reconstruction of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. It’s estimated…

The Polish government this week brought forward the start of construction on the country’s €2.3bn “East Shield” defence line along its eastern border intended to deter Russian attacks through either…

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland have asked the EU to help them pay for new fortifications along their borders with Russia and its ally, Belarus. The defence ministers of the…

Russia’s main energy utility has published a draft plan for investment in energy over the next 18 years. This proposes the construction of 34 reactors, a figure that includes small…

Fresh doubts have been cast over Russia’s proposed new gas pipeline through Mongolia to China after the newly-elected Mongolian government published its “Action Program” for 2024-28, prioritising medium and long…

Lithuania this week started building a 170-hectare military base to house some 4,000 combat-ready German troops about 20km from the border with Belarus, Russia’s close ally. The move comes in…