MONTHLY INFORMATION DIGEST

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF THE FAR EASTJANUARY 2021

KEY TOPICS• Vladivostok to host Gochampionship•Russia and Japan:
future cooperation in theFar East and the Arctic•

Russian Government
expands Kamchatka
and Khabarovsk ASEZ

EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM EVENTS
21 January 2021, TASS

Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East to come up with ways to hold EEF
during the pandemic
The Russian Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and the Arctic will develop a concept forthe Eastern Economic Forum, which will enable the key objectives of the event to be met during a coronavirus
pandemic. "A qualitative discussion on the development of our country's key eastern territories, economic trends inthe post-pandemic era, and the agenda for technological renewal are all expected to take place," said Alexei
Chekunkov, head of the Ministry.

tass.ru/ekonomika/10512941

STATE POLICY IN THE FAR EAST
28 January 2021, ТАSS

Roadmap for Lesvostok.rf implementation in FEFD agreed upon
The system was created by order of Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation,
Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District.
It provides users with access to up-to-date information on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics offorests in the Far East. Investors will be able to make an economically justified decision on the selection of a forest
plot, prepare project documentation, and submit an application for it through an electronic auction.
"We will sum up the results of the experiment by 1 November 2021, after which decisions will be made on thegradual expansion of the list of services provided through Lesvostok.rf, as well as on the possibility of replicating thisexperience in other regions of the Far East," said Alexei Chekunkov, the head of the Russian Ministry for theDevelopment of the Far East.

tass.ru/v-strane/10569889

20 January 2021, RIA Novosti

Russian Government expands Khabarovsk ASEZThis will allow to launch new investment projects, create over 300 jobs and attract over RUB 4.7 billion ofprivate investment to the region. The relevant order was signed by Mikhail Mishustin.

ria.ru/20210129/khabarovsk-1595073373.html
16 January 2021, ТАSS

Russian Government expands Kamchatka ASEZ
Expanding the boundaries of the advanced socio-economic zone will make it possible to implement newinvestment projects in the region. In particular, there will be a maritime transport dock in Babya Bay. New fishprocessing facilities will also be created. It is expected that more than 400 new jobs will be created, and the amountof private investment will exceed RUB 180 million.

tass.ru/ekonomika/10475829
14 January 2021 года, Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Edward Cherkin to head the unified Far East development institution
The Far East Development Corporation (FEDC) will become the foundation for a new unified development
institution under the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic. This organization is being
set up to replace the liquidated Far Eastern Investment and Export Promotion Agency, the Human Capital
Development Agency, and the Far East and Arctic Development Fund, whose functions are being transferred to its
100% shareholder, VEB.RF.

rg.ru/2021/01/14/edinyj-institut-razvitiia-dalnego-vostoka-vozglavit-eduard-cherkin.html

ECONOMY OF THE FAR EAST
20 January 2020, ТАSS

Russia and Japan discussed economic cooperation in the Far East and the Arctic
The main areas of international cooperation in the Far Eastern and Arctic regions were discussed by the headof the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexei Chekunkov, and Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Russia Toyohisha Kozuki.
Among the promising areas of Russian-Japanese cooperation in the Arctic is the launch of a regular container
line along the Northern Sea Route (NSR). In addition, Mr. Chekunkov invited Japanese companies and the Japanesescientific community to participate in the creation of an innovative science and technology cluster on Russky Islandin Primorye. Minister emphasized the importance of developing this sector both in the Far East and in the Arctic.

tass.ru/ekonomika/10504149

NEW MECHANISMS FOR THE FARDEVELOPMENT: SUCCESS STORIES

EAST

22 January 2021, Komsomolskaya Pravda

Vladivostok getting ready to host Go championship
The Go World Championship will leave Asia for the first time to be held in Vladivostok from 28 May to 1 June
2020. Previously, it has been held 33 times in Japan, 5 times in China, and once each in the Republic of Korea andThailand.
Russia will become the first non-Asian country to organize a championship on the East's premier intellectual
game and will bring together some 80 participating countries. "Thanks to this, we will declare to the world that theRussian Federation knows how to speak the language of strategy that is understandable to Asia. A businessprogramme and a big festival of Go enthusiasts are planned as part of the competition. The Championship will
become a platform for dialogue between politicians and businessmen, as well as a driver for the development ofsports tourism in Primorye," said Mikhail Yemelyanov, Director of the 41st Go World Cup.

dv.kp.ru/online/news/4159174/
21 January 2021, RBC

The Russian government is allocating an additional RUB 5 billion to subsidize air travelto the Far East
The list of subsidized destinations will include the 21 most popular routes from the Far East to the European
part of Russia and back. These include flights to Moscow from Magadan, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Khabarovsk,
Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Anadyr, Blagoveschensk, Mirny, Neryungri, Pevek, Polarny, Ulan-Ude,Chita, Yakutsk, as well as to St. Petersburg from Blagoveschensk, Vladivostok, Mirny, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,
Khabarovsk, Chita and Yakutsk.
rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5fff03b99a7947e91f58de37

19 January 2021, Interfax

Zvezda shipyard starts cutting steel for second Arctic gas tanker
A total of 15 gas tankers are planned to be built with VEB.RF's financial participation for the benefit of NOVATEK
to transport liquefied natural gas from the Arctic LNG-2 project. No such tankers have ever been built in Russia
before.
"This is the biggest project in terms of financing domestic shipbuilding in Russia. It is very important for thedevelopment of the Northern Sea Route. The construction is going according to plan due to the hard work and close
cooperation between all the participants: VEB.RF, Zvezda shipyard, Sovcomflot, and NOVATEK. The Russian
Government is providing great support to the project: at the end of December 2020, VEB.RF received the state
guarantees required for the project's full implementation," said Deputy Chairman of VEB.RF Daniil Algulyan.
interfax.ru/business/745873
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