Putin Treads Where Stalin Failed With Plan for Mega-Project
- Rotenberg’s company to build Sakhalin bridge, three people say
- Russia is counting on Japan to help create overland crossing
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As billionaire Arkady Rotenberg’s builders race to finish a bridge to Crimea, Vladimir Putin already has a new mega-project lined up for his childhood friend.
The contract to construct a bridge to energy-rich Sakhalin Island -- which Putin estimated may cost about 286 billion rubles ($5 billion) -- will go to Rotenberg’s Stroygazmontazh, according to three people familiar with the plans.