Successful construction of cottage settlements in the Russian Federation in the shortest time limits (in Tver Oblast, on the bank of the Istrinskoye water reservoir and Seliger lake, Krasneno in the Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug, Zelyonoye Podvorye near Zelenograd) has piqued the interest of companies and business communities around the world. In 2002, SAPSAN won the international Century International Quality Era Award of the Commercial Business Initiatives organization in the GOLD category.