As of 2014, transport, alongside oil, gas and defence, has been included in the Russian strategical Sectors Act. This means strict State supervision, restrictions on abroad capital and regular national subsidies. No wonder that the president of the Council of Directors of the Russian Railways (GOD) is today... Minister of Defence Andrei Bielousov. On the another hand, Nikolai Patruszew, the influential erstwhile secretary of the safety Council, is besides guarding inland waterways – crucial for the routes to China and the Arctic.
