When it comes to the future, Russia is thinking big.
Vladimir Yakunin, head of transportation company Russian Railways, unveiled a plan on Monday for a Trans-Eurasian corridor -- including a superhighway and high-speed railway -- that will link to existing networks in Europe and Asia to connect London and Alaska.
The Trans-Eurasian belt Development, an "ambitious new transport route," would include a new train network, major roads, oil and gas pipelines, and electricity and water services, according to The Siberian Times.
Yakunin said the transportation corridor would make Russia a world leader in technological development, the Times reported.
"This is an inter-state, inter-civilization, project," he said at Monday's presentation. "It should be an alternative to the current [neo-liberal] model, which has caused a systemic crisis. The project should be turned into a world 'future zone', and it must be based on leading, not catching, technologies."
Yakunin pegged the potential cost of the project in the trillions.
Vladimir Fortov, head of the Russian Academy of Science, said at Monday's presentation that the corridor would solve issues with development projects along the route. Many areas have little connection to the rest of Russia.
The current Trans-Siberian railway covers the more than 6,000 miles between Moscow, in the west, and Vladivostok, in the east.
Commenters on The Siberian Times' story voiced skepticism of the feasibility of the Trans-Eurasian plan, which is warranted, considering its lofty goals.
The Russian ruble has plummeted in value, losing more than 40%, since the country annexed Crimea last year.