high speed rail link

Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Ambitious plans unveiled for 250km/h train that would cut travel times and drive new business and tourism between two countries.

Possible route could see 400km/hour bullet train pass through heart of Siberia and Altai region with stops in major cities.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

33 hour journey between the capitals could be in place by 2020.

The distance between capital city Moscow and key Siberian cities could shrink in plan envisaged by the Kremlin leader.

New cities and industries could be created from construction of high-speed railway and motorway routes spanning whole of country.

Modern-day zeppelins costing $30 million each would revolutionise transport links and economic exploitation of Siberia in $240 billion plan.

Vostochny's debut blastoff will be next year, hopefully spring, a delay of at least four months.