By Elizabeth Piper MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has handed a multi-billion dollar contract to build a bridge to the Crimea peninsula to an ally and former judo partner of Vladimir Putin who is under Western sanctions. The Crimean Bridge (Russian: Крымский мост, romanised: Krymskiy most, IPA: [ˈkrɨmskʲij most]; Ukrainian: Кримський міст, romanised: Krymskyi mist), also called Kerch Strait Bridge or Kerch Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges, one for a four-lane road and one for a double-track railway, spanning. North Korea and Russia are pushing to swiftly open a new road bridge across the Tumen River, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, as the two nations deepen their burgeoning alliance. The project, initiated approximately a year ago, is deemed "an important business" by KCNA, designed to bolster. The bridge and its supporting infrastructure should be open during the first quarter of 2026, depending on the resources committed to the project and the severity of the. A government order published on Friday named Stroygazmontazh (SGM) as the contractor. The Russian government has contracted Vladimir Putin's childhood friend and judo partner to build a vital $3.
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