ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OF THE FAR EAST
January 2020

KEY TOPICS• Russia to launch an
airline for the Far East

• Deputy Prime Minister Yury

• Yakutia to get high-speed

Trutnev in charge of the Far
East, Arctic, North Caucasus
and territories of advanced
development

internet north of the Arctic
Circle in late 2020

EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM NEWS29 January 2020, TASSThe federal cultural centre in Vladivostok may be put into operation by the EEF
The construction team of the cultural centre for federal institutions in Vladivostok (scheduled to beput into operation by the end of 2023) are looking into potential completion by September 2023 to makethe centre part of the Eastern Economic Forum. In March 2019, Vladimir Putin assigned the Federal
Government and regional leadership with opening new cultural, educational and museum centres in
Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo and Sevastopol.
tass.ru/obschestvo/7631741
28 January 2020, Rossiyskaya Gazeta

E-visas to the Far Eastern Federal District will be available to citizens of 53 countries
Mikhail Mishustin signed the executive order on 24 January 2020. According to the Ministry for theDevelopment of the Russian Far East and Arctic, as of 20 January 2020 Russia issued 187,599 e-visas,
including 144,825 for Chinese citizens, 37,136 for Japanese citizens, and 2,562 for Indian citizens. 97%of visitors with e-visas cross the border in Primorye Territory. The e-visa procedure for the Russian Far
East was launched in August 2017.
rg.ru/2020/01/28/reg-dfo/elektronnye-vizy-v-dfo-smogut-poluchit-grazhdane-53-stran.html

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE FAR EASTSTATE POLICY IN THE FAR EAST
30 January 2020, Izvestiya
Mikhail Mishustin ordered to shut down the border in the Far East
Mikhail Mishustin signed an executive order to shut down the border in the Russian Far East toprevent the new 2019-nCoV coronavirus from spreading (China is going through an outbreak of thiscoronavirus). Besides, the Chairman of the Russian Government assigned Tatiana Golikova to informthe general public daily about preventive care and measures to avoid the spreading of the coronavirus.
Earlier that day, the Ministry of Health published temporary recommendations for preventing,diagnosing and treating the new coronavirus.
iz.ru/970243/2020-01-30/mishustin-podpisal-rasporiazhenie-o-zakrytii-granitcy-s-kitaem
29 January 2020, RIA Novosti

Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev in charge of the Far East, Arctic, North Caucasus
and territories of advanced development
According to responsibility assignment matrix for Deputy Prime Ministers, Yury Trutnev will be incharge of state policy for integrated social and economic development of the Far Eastern FederalDistrict, as well as government regulation of financial support for the Far Eastern Federal District. Mr.
Trutnev’s responsibilities will also include developing and implementing government-sponsoredinvestment projects and improving efficiency of budgetary expenditures in the Far Eastern Federal
District. Yury Trutnev will oversee measures of federal target-oriented and government-sponsoredprogrammes, as well as state policy for integrated social and economic development of the Arctic Zone
and the North Caucasus.
ria.ru/20200129/1563991666.html
29 January 2020, Novosti Vladivostoka

Vladivostok budget to get RUB 2 billion extra from the federal and regional budgets
On 29 January, the Budget, Tax and Finance Committee of Vladivostok Duma gathered for ameeting to discuss city budget adjustments for 2020. The budget of Vladivostok went up from RUB 16
to 18 billion. Additional funds will be allocated for urban development and transport, which includes
reconstruction of the Pacific Fleet Glory memorial and landscaping for the Krymsky Public Garden andthe park on Popov Island. newsvl.ru/vlad/2020/01/29/187331/#ixzz6CQhWd8Ww
20 January 2020, Finanz.ru

Rostec to determine the infrastructure for building Baikal jets by April 2020
Vladimir Putin assigned the Government of the Russian Federation to review the possibilities fordesigning and starting mass production of Baikal jet. The first prototype was presented to the Presidentof Russia in September 2019 at the Eastern Economic Forum.
finanz.ru/novosti/aktsii/rostekh-k-aprelyu-2020-goda-opredelit-infrastrukturu-dlya-vypuska-samoleta-baykal1028828159
9 January 2020, TASS

Primorye to start constructing the infrastructure for the Smart City in 2020
The project will be based on the public-private partnership principles. The Smart City is a set of tools,
approaches and technological solutions to digitalize the urban environment. The project is a part of two
national programmes – ‘Digital Economy’ and ‘Housing and Urban Environment’ – and was launched in2019. Regions use the federal standard to develop and approve national programmes to implement theproject. During the Eastern Economic Forum 2019, Primorye Territory signed an agreement with the Far
Eastern High Technology Fund to implement the project.
tass.ru/nacionalnye-proekty/7484051

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2 January 2020, RIA Federal News Agency

Vladivostok is Primorye Territory’s official capital starting from 1 January 2020
The law was passed by Primorye deputies in November 2019. Authorities believe that the new statuswill attract additional funds to the local budget. According to Chairman of Vladivostok City Duma Andrey
Brik, the capital of Primorye is to host a number of large-scale international and federal event sin 2020.
riafan.ru/region/vld/1239299-vladivostok-oficialno-stal-stolicei-primorskogo-kraya

ECONOMY OF THE FAR EAST
16 January 2020, Novosti Yakutii

Yakutia to get high-speed internet north of the Arctic Circle in late 2020
500 km of fibre-optic line will be installed north of the Arctic Circle in Yakutia for the first time ever,said Aysen Nikolaev during ‘Cooperation of government and business in the digital race’, a panel
discussion at Gaidar Forum. It will help bring high-speed internet to Olenyok District, which should
benefit the quality of life and the municipality’s social and economic development.
The agreement to install the fibre-optic line between Udachny–Kharyyalakh–Olenyok was signed in
September
2019
attheEastern
EconomicForum.
news.ykt.ru/article/95924
14 January 2020, Ekonomika Segodnya

Vladivostok to become port of call for 15 cruise ships from Japanese, Korean andChinese ports
Press service of Primorye Territory Government shared that the number of cruise ship tourists thisyear is expected to stay at the same level as in 2019, which includes a cruise ship serving as a hotel
during the Eastern Economic Forum. The cruise season 2020 will kick off in Vladivostok on 19 April withthe Westerdam.
rueconomics.ru/425000-vladivostok-primet-15-kruiznyh-lainerov-v-2020-godu

14 January 2020, YSIA

9.1 thousand applications approved for the Far Eastern Hectare in YakutiaIn 2019, over 11.5 thousand people joined the Far Eastern Hectare programme. Total number ofpeople who got land under this programme is up by 18% reaching 76.6 thousand people. The land inYakutia
isthesecond
mostpopularamong
programme
participants.
Starting from 1 August, the programme also covers Zabaikalye Territory and Buryatia that became
part of the Far Eastern Federal District in November 2018. Over 1 thousand participants got land in
Buryatia, and 1.6 thousand people received land in Zabaikalye Territory.
ysia.ru/kolichestvo-poluchatelej-dalnevostochnyh-gektarov-v-2019-godu-uvelichilos-na-18/

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NEW MECHANISMS FOR THE FAR EAST
DEVELOPMENT: SUCCESS STORIES
27 January 2020, TASSFEFU is developing equipment to control condition of underwater oil and gas platforms
Specialists and students of the FEFU School of Engineering have joined their efforts with experts
from Gazprom’s engineering centre to develop equipment that will help track condition of underwater
units. Each platform has special underwater equipment that are usually made overseas. FEFU isdeveloping its own equipment. Normally, designing and making such equipment takes 2–3 years.
tass.ru/v-strane/7611145
22 January 2020, AviaPORT

Vladivostok International Airport served 3 million passengers for the first time in its
history
Vladivostok International Airport has shared information about its performance in 2019. Russia’s
main eastern airport served 3.8 million passengers, which is an increment of 18% compared to 2018.
Domestic passenger traffic accounted for 1.63 million people (+10%), while the international one is 1.45
million people (+26%). The positive trend at the Japanese market is notable: passenger traffic in thisarea is up 87%.
aviaport.ru/digest/2020/01/22/623437.html
15 January 2020 г, Vedomosti

Russia to launch an airline for the Far East

Vladimir Putin expects proposals on launching a cargo and passenger airline operating in the Far
East and remote areas to be submitted by 31 January. The airline will use Russian-built jets. The
President also assigned to prepare a set of measures to bring down the cost of jet fuel in the Far
Eastern Federal District and remote areas.
vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2020/01/15/820649-putin-poruchil-prorabotat-sozdanie-aviakompanii
14 January 2020, RBC Nedvizhimost

Kamchatka plans to launch Medvezhya Gora, a tourism mega project
A new tourism cluster may appear in the vicinity of Vilyuchinsky volcano, 70 km away fromPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. AEON owner Roman Trotsenko plans to implement the mega project inpartnership with former Senior Vice President of VTB Andrei Peregudov.
Mountain skiing season in Kamchatka lasts 7–8 months, and the snow is 4–15 metres deep. Theproject is planned to include pistes of diverse complexity (31 km). This will be an all-season resort: insummer it will offer trekking, mountain karting and infrastructure for mountain climbing
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