MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will today take part in the ceremony of launching construction of the Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed railway (HSR) via video link, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"The President will take part in <…> [a ceremony that will mark] the beginning of concrete work on the Moscow-St. Petersburg high-speed rail project," Peskov said, clarifying that the event will be held in video conference mode.

The construction of the high-speed highway Moscow-St. Petersburg is envisaged by the draft Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030. The route should reduce travel time between the capitals to 2 hours 15 minutes, trains will run every 10-15 minutes, the first of them should be running by 2028. In his address to the Federal Assembly, Putin noted that the route of the high-speed railway will pass through Tver and Veliky Novgorod.