25.08 – 31.08.2021

EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM EVENTS

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30 August 2021, TASSVladimir Putin to Pay Working Visit to Vladivostok on 1–4 SeptemberthRussian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the 6 Eastern Economic Forum. This year, thetheme of the Forum is "Opportunities for the Far East in a World under Transformation’. At the EEF, Putin willview an interactive presentation of the results of the development of the Far East with a videoconference withresidents of the advanced special economic zones that are ready to launch production. A meeting will be heldon the socioeconomic development of the Far East via videoconference. On 3 September, the president will
speak at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum, which will be attended online by Kazakh
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Video greetings will besent from Argentine President Alberto Fernández, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, and Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Putin will also speak with moderators andspeakers of key sessions of the Forum via videoconference.

tass.ru/politika/12254107
26 August 2021, Lenta.Ru

Vladimir Putin Sends Greetings to Eastern Economic Forum Participants and Guests
thRussian President Vladimir Putin has sent greetings to the participants and guests of the 6 Eastern
Economic Forum, which will take place on 2–4 September in Vladivostok. The president noted that direct andinformal communication involving leading Russian and foreign entrepreneurs, politicians, experts, andrepresentatives of the media and public organizations makes it possible to exchange experience, discuss themost pressing issues of the regional and international agenda, and come up with useful joint projects andinitiatives.

lenta.ru/news/2021/08/26/privetstvie
26 August 2021, Izvestia

Japanese Delegation to Attend Eastern Economic Forum
Russian Presidential Advisor Anton Kobyakov held a meeting in Moscow with Japanese Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki. The officials discussed bilateral Russianth
Japanese cooperation as well as interaction at the 6 Eastern Economic Forum. The ambassador said that aJapanese delegation plans to hold talks on cooperation as part of existing and new projects in the macroregion in such areas as energy, logistics, and the urban environment.

iz.ru/1212280/2021-08-25/delegatciia-iaponii-primet-uchastie-v-vostochnom-ekonomicheskomforume-2021
27 August 2021, RIA Novosti

Young Far East Scientists to Attend EEFthYoung scientists from the Far East will take part in the 6 Eastern Economic Forum. In particular, they
will speak at the session ‘Councils of Young Scientists of the Far East: Regional and Federal Scale ofCommunications’ as part of the EEF Youth track. The session participants will discuss the activities of thecouncils of young scientists, both at the level of regional interaction and integration into federal scientificinitiatives.

ria.ru/20210827/uchenye-1747507717.html

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EVENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARCTICFORUM
27 August 2021, ADVIS.Ru

Arctic Economic Council Roundtable Discusses Prospects of Infrastructure Projects
The Far East and Arctic Development Corporation held a roundtable titled ‘Implementation of PPPBased Infrastructure Projects in the Arctic: Experience and Prospects’ with the support of the Ministry for theDevelopment of the Russian Far East as part of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The meeting
participants, together with the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs, discussed the best practices for
implementing infrastructure projects based on public-private partnerships in the countries of the Arctic
Economic Council, in particular Russia, the United States, Canada, and Iceland. The meeting participants
agreed to publish reference materials with the main theses and recommendations for the construction anddevelopment of infrastructure in the Arctic.

advis.ru/php/view_news.php?id=7E70EE73-7239-A64D-B6B4-D1A19EA86CF4

STATE POLICY IN THE FAR EAST AND IN ARCTIC
26 August 2021, Interfax

Russian Government Allocates Almost RUB 65 Million to Equip Hospital in AmurRegion
More than RUB 64.9 million will be allocated to the Amur Region to purchase modern medicalequipment for a Tynda hospital. The corresponding order was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail
Mishustin. The hospital will get more than 20 units of new medical products, including endoscopes, a mobile
ultrasound machine to examine the heart and blood vessels, a mobile X-ray machine, and a stationary digital
X-ray machine for mammograms. Such equipment will help increase the availability of high-tech medical carefor patients as well as expand the range of studies in the diagnosis of cardiovascular, oncological, andgastrointestinal diseases.

interfax-russia.ru/far-east/news/pochti-65-mln-rubley-budet-vydeleno-na-doosnashchenie-bolnicy-vamurskoy-oblasti

FAR EAST AND ARCTIC ECONOMY
31 August 2021, RT

First Million-Plus City May Appear in Far East
A new residential suburb of Vladivostok with 300,000 people will be built in the Far East. This suburb
along with the city of Artem will turn Vladivostok into the first city in the region with a population that exceeds
one million, Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexey Chekunkov said. The
corresponding agreement is expected to be signed at the EEF 2021. The minister said that based on allparameters Vladivostok should become the third most attractive city in Russia after Moscow and St.
Petersburg.

russian.rt.com/russia/news/901478-dalnii-vostok-gorod

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NEW DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS FOR THE FAR
EAST AND ARCTIC: SUCCESS STORIES
26 August 2021, PortNews

New Resident of Vladivostok Free Port to Manufacture Metal Structures andEquipment for Oil and Gas Projects and to Repair Fleet
The company Far East Shipyard will build a production enterprise to manufacture oversized metalstructures and technological equipment for oil and gas projects and will provide repair services for small andmedium-sized vessels. The new facilities will be located at the Primorsky Inter-Collective Farm Shipyard in theShkotovsky District of the Primorsky Territory. The project is scheduled to be commissioned in the fourthquarter of 2021. As part of an agreement with the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, totalinvestment in the project will amount to RUB 451 million. The facility will create 38 jobs.

portnews.ru/news/317658

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