Editing Economy of Russia (section)

====Transportation====
{{main|Transport in Russia|Russian Railways}}
[[File:VL 85-022 container train.jpg|thumb|The [[Trans-Siberian Railway]], the longest railway-line in the world, as seen across the coast of [[Lake Baikal]]]]
[[File:"Russian bridge" in Vladivostok city.jpg|thumb|The [[Russky Bridge]] in [[Vladivostok]] is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world.]]
[[Rail transport in Russia|Railway transport in Russia]] is mostly under the control of the state-run [[Russian Railways]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ar2017.rzd.ru/pdf/ar/en/results-review_operational_passenger.pdf|title=Passenger transportation|publisher=[[Russian Railways]]|date=2017|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806023840/https://ar2017.rzd.ru/pdf/ar/en/results-review_operational_passenger.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The total length of common-used railway tracks is the world's [[List of countries by rail transport network size|third-longest]], and exceeds {{convert|87157|km|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/railways/country-comparison|title=Railways – The World Factbook|work=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124012056/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2121rank.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, Russia has [[Roads by country|1,452.2 thousand&nbsp;km of roads]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://government.ru/info/22865/|title=О развитии дорожной инфраструктуры|trans-title=On the development of road infrastructure|work=[[Government of Russia]]|date=29 April 2016|access-date=14 January 2021|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901004438/http://government.ru/info/22865/|url-status=live}}</ref> and its road density is among the world's lowest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldroadstatistics.org/europe-central-asia-continue-to-report-the-worlds-highest-road-network-density-followed-by-east-asia-and-pacific/|title=Europe continues to report the world's highest Road Network Density, followed by East Asia and Pacific.|work=International Road Federation|date=16 December 2020|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319083620/https://worldroadstatistics.org/europe-central-asia-continue-to-report-the-worlds-highest-road-network-density-followed-by-east-asia-and-pacific/|url-status=live}}</ref> Russia's inland waterways are the world's [[List of countries by waterways length|second-longest]], and total {{convert|102000|km|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/waterways/country-comparison|title=Waterways – The World Factbook|work=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412005407/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/waterways/country-comparison|url-status=live}}</ref> Among [[List of airports in Russia|Russia's 1,218 airports]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/airports/country-comparison|title=Airports – The World Factbook|work=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=3 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403171702/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/airports/country-comparison/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[List of the busiest airports in Russia|busiest]] is [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]] in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svo.aero/en/about/sheremetyevo-today|title=Sheremetyevo today|work=www.svo.aero|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530024759/https://www.svo.aero/en/about/sheremetyevo-today|url-status=live}}</ref>

Russia's largest port is the [[Port of Novorossiysk]] in [[Krasnodar Krai]] along the Black Sea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023550/russia-cargo-throughput-by-port/|title=Cargo throughput volume in Russia in 2020, by port|work=[[Statista]]|author=D. Elagina|date=22 January 2021|quote="The Russian sea port Novorossiysk, located in the Azov-Black Sea basin, handled almost 142 million metric tons of cargo in 2020 and became the leading port in the country by the cargo throughput."|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610130453/https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023550/russia-cargo-throughput-by-port/|url-status=live}}</ref> Russia is the world's sole country to operate [[nuclear-powered icebreaker]]s, which advance the economic exploitation of the Arctic [[continental shelf of Russia]], and the development of sea trade through the [[Northern Sea Route]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://poseidonexpeditions.com/about/articles/nuclear-icebreakers-what-s-so-special-about-them/|title=Nuclear icebreakers – what's so special about them?|work=[[Poseidon Expeditions]]|quote="Russia is the only country constructing nuclear-powered icebreakers in the world. They were purposely built for the strategic importance of the Northern Sea Route and a more evident need to guarantee the safety of the Russian trade vessels in winter and Arctic settlements' dependency on supplies."|access-date=24 May 2021|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524112552/https://poseidonexpeditions.com/about/articles/nuclear-icebreakers-what-s-so-special-about-them/|url-status=live}}</ref>