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The China-led consortium will jointly conduct surveying, regional development planning and design for the project between 2015 and 2016.
The contract is worth 20 billion rubles (about 2.42 billion yuan, or $390 million).
A formal deal is expected to be inked at the end of May.
The high-speed railway linking Moscow and Kazan, capital of Tatarstan Republic, is scheduled to open in 2018 before the Russia FIFA World Cup.
Travel will be shortened from the current 14 hours to 3.5 hours.
Source: Agencies