Beginning of Reform in 2001 and Foundation of Russian Railways in 2003
The sharp drop in investment following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the Russian railway system with a wide range of deep-seated problems
The Russian Federation is the only shareholder of the Company and delegates shareholder control to the Government. The Ministry of Railways retains control of regulation and government policy on railway transport, while Russian Railways manages the Company’s economic operations.
On 9 March, 2004, President Putin signed a decree abolishing the Ministry of Communications. Its regulatory functions passed to the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, while its former executive power, as well as service and property management functions, were assumed by the Federal Agency on Railway Transport.
The railway system belonging to Open Society "Russian Railway" is divided between 17 branches: The East-Siberian railway The Gorki railway The Far East railway The transbaikalian railway The Western-Siberian railway The Kaliningrad railway The Krasnoyarsk railway The Kuibyshev railway The Moscow railway The October railway The Privolzhsky railway The Sakhalin railway The Sverdlovsk railway Northern railway The North Caucasian railway The Southeast railway The South Ural railway
Each railway in the structure has branches of railways (except Krasnoyarsk, Sakhalin, Kaliningrad), the enterprises of road submission.
The specialised branch — Management of the high-speed message is engaged in a management, introduction and development of high-speed lines.
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