Master of the iron arteries Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. Probably the only kind of roads in Russia about which you could say that they exist are railroads. Of course, there aren’t enough of them. Of course, the locomotive pool all needs to be replaced. Of course, the conditions of transportation in the railcars aren’t the most comfortable. Of course, the tickets are expensive. But the reliability and the popularity of this form of transport are long known in Russia. In much this popularity, it is true, reminds one of the Soviet phrase: “Fly the airplanes of Aeroflot!” How else could you fly during the times of the USSR, if you consider that there was nothing else besides Aeroflot. It’s the same with the railroads: everything else is either expensive (airplanes), or worse (buses on the non-roads). In recent times OAO «RZhD» [Russian Railroads], which is headed by Vladimir Yakunin (photographed), is loudly declaring of itself with non-core undertakings. Recently in Moscow there took place football matches for the RZhD cup, in which took place not only RZhD’s favorite child – the team «Lokomotiv», but also such football clubs as «Chelsea», «Milan», «Sevilla»… Day in and day out, in the mass information media and on TV flashes an advertisement for RZhD in the capacity of sponsor of this or that festival or exhibition.