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| Residential real estate | 4 | 2 |
| Transport and Infrastructure | 6 | 1 |
| The Russians Government has declared that infrastructure development is a national priority as well as investments in the construction industry. Russia's infrastructure is not capable of supporting the country's rapid development. After years of neglect an | 6 | 1 |
| In 2008 the number of new roads which will be opened for use is half the number, registered in 1990. In 2007 only 600 km of roads were built, many of them of poor quality. The Ministry of Transport prepared in 2008 a special-purpose programme for the devel | 6 | 1 |
| In June 2007 Transport Minister Igor Levitin offered a suggestion for expanding financial sources for Russia's transport sector by applying the Consumer Pays principle, which will not be limited to toll roads. His proposal includes using import duties on c | 6 | 1 |
| Russia had the largest railway network in Europe with around 85,000 km of railway lines at the end of 2006. The country also has 69 airports. | 6 | 1 |
| Residential real estate | 7 | 1 |
| The housing construction is expected to grow at high rate throughout 2008. The deputy minister for regional development of Russia announced in August 2008 that in the first half of the year a total of 21.7 million sq m of residential property, up by 2.9% i | 7 | 1 |
| A total of 50.6 million sq m of new residential area was completed in 2006, an increase of 16% year-on-year and over 66% compared to 2000. The average marketing price of new dwellings stood at USD 1,500 per sq m. | 7 | 1 |
| The prices of residential property in the Russian cities with a population of over one million increased by around 30% in the first half of 2006. Apartment prices in Moscow rose by 50.5% to USD 3,359 per sq m in the first half of 2006. According to industr | 7 | 3 |
| Finnish YIT is the largest foreign investor in residential construction in Russia. The company's construction unit had an operating margin of 11.3% in the first six months of 2006. YIT targets a 10% market share in St Petersburg, 5.0% in the Moscow region | 10 | 4 |
| Motorway construction in Russia will increase in the next few years, according to the country's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. State funding for road construction should double in order to meet the rising demand for road transport in the next five to seve | 14 | 4 |
