Transport

In the first half of 2023, the cost of taxi rides in the whole country increased by 4-11%, and in Moscow — by 12-15%.

According to Rosstat, in May, the average cost of flights in the economy class cabin reached 6972.36 rubles per 1 thousand km — the indicator increased by 28% over the year, which is the maximum since 2000. Prior to that, the record ticket price in the «economy» was 6892.51 rubles. and was fixed in August 2010.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposed to increase the amount of fines for driving without Сompulsory insurance of motor third-party liability from 800 to 5000 rubles with graduation for individuals and legal entities. This was stated by Deputy Minister Alexey Moiseyev during a speech at the Federation Council.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to submit a report on the progress of the inspection on the video message of residents of the Kostroma region, outraged by the destruction of city trolleybuses.

The Association of European Businesses reported a decrease in sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia in February this year by 62.1% in annual terms.

The closure is scheduled for March 1.

The American automaker Ford Motor Co plans to reduce up to 3.8 thousand of its employees in Europe in the next three years. This is due to a reduction in the line of machines produced for the European market.

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Patrushev (pictured) estimated the shortage of personnel in the Russian aviation industry at the level of 14 thousand people. He noted that the industry is still experiencing an acute shortage of engineering and technical personnel and workers, including designers and technologists.

According to Kommersant sources, Rosaviation is interviewing Russian airlines for readiness to organize direct flights with Nepal and a number of African countries: South Africa (Pretoria), Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.

The press service of the Moscow City Hall reported that public transport will work on New Year's Eve, and travel by metro, MCC and ground transport will be free at this time.