In comparison, in the developing country China they have built 480 000 kilometer car roads in five years, 19 000 kilometer railways, 16 new airports and one of the world's most modern high-speed train.

Today, one kilometer four-lane highway costs 2.9 million dollars in China, 3.6 million dollars in Brazil and 12.9 million dollars in Russia. In some extreme cases, as the fourth highway around Moscow, the figure is at least 400 million dollars per kilometer.

In two years (2006-2008) 230 billion dollars were spent on roads, about the same amount as the Russian central bank spent on the defense of the ruble last year, without any significant result.

The explanation for Russia’s huge costs are considered by analysts to be inefficiencies associated with corruption.

                                                                                       Cecilia Helland