Car hire Russia price comparison

Russia is a country located in eastern Europe and northern Asia and is the biggest country in the world in terms of surface area. The Russian Federation is an equivalent name for it. It boarders countries like Latvia and Lithuania. The primary significance of road traffic in the European part of Russia is for regional transport. The network of trunk roads comprises approximately 540,000 kilometres (2001), two thirds of which are paved. Only since 2003 has an all-season regional road link existed from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. The longest road in Russia, the Transcontinental, connects Vladivostok on the Pacific to Moscow on 10,000 kilometres of asphalt. Previously existing gaps in the expanses of Siberia have only recently been closed. Besides Moscow, several international airlines also offer direct flights to other Russian cities. In addition to Aeroflot, there are other larger airlines such as Pulkowo, S7 Airlines and KMV. The Russian Federation has approximately 2,500 airports and airfields, 55 of which have a paved runway of over 3,000 metres in length.