WEEKLY INFORMATION DIGEST

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IN THE FAR EAST
13–19 August 2018
KEY THEMES• The Far East investment
potential will bedemonstrated at theexhibitions of EEF 2018

• EEF participants willlearn about the Northern
Sea Route opportunities• It is planned to construct
and reconstruct 30
airports in the Far East

THE EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM NEWS17 August 2018, Interfax

The Far East Investment Potential will be Demonstrated at the Exhibitions of the 4thEastern Economic Forum
The main objective of the Forum exhibitions is to demonstrate the opportunities of the Far
East and attract investors into the region. EEF 2018 will feature several exhibition formats.
At the ‘Doing Business in the Russian Far East’ exhibition, Forum guests and participants
will learn about the mechanisms of developing the region such as territories of advanced
development and the Free Port of Vladivostok, investment opportunities, as well as current
and prospective investment projects.
During the ‘Welcome to the Far East!’ exhibition, federal executive authorities of Russia
will demonstrate investment potential of the Far Eastern Federal District including that inthe area of international cooperation.
http://www.interfax.ru/events/news/625619
17 August 2018, TASS

Delegation from the Philippines will Take Part in EEF
According C. Sorreta, the Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines in Russia, thedelegation will include the minister of national defence of the Philippines, Army Forces
commanders, as well as the head of the agency on military technology infrastructure ofthe Armed Forces of the Philippines.
http://tass.ru/ekonomika/5466584
17 August 2018, Primorsky.ru1

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Primorsky Krai will Present up to 30 Investment Projects at the Eastern Economic
Forum
During the investment project presentations at EEF 2018, 29 regional investment projects
will be introduced in such areas as mining industry, food industry, metallurgy, tourism, andothers. The general amount of investments into these projects reaches 275 bln roubles.
The largest project will be ‘Primorye’ integrated entertainment complex with the cost of73.7 bln roubles. The recreation area will meet international standards featuring 3, 4 and5 star hotels, trading, exhibition and recreation centres, aqua-park, yacht club, ski slope,
developed beaches and recreation territories, restaurants and cafes.
http://www.primorsky.ru/news/149060
16 August 2018, Komsomolskaya Pravda

EEF 2018 Participants to Learn about the Opportunities of Using the Northern Sea
Route
It is anticipated that on the margins of EEF Maersk representatives, whose ship is going totravel along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) this September, will tell about container shipment
opportunities along the main coastal routes in the Arctic region. Venta Maersk container shipwith a cargo of frozen fish produced by Russian companies in the Far East will travel fromVladivostok to St. Petersburg. It will be the first container ship in history to travel along thewaterways of the Northern Sea Route. After the shipment, experts will evaluate the safety ofnavigating and having a cargo base along the NSR.
https://www.kp.ru/daily/26869/3911793
15 August 2018, TASS

Over 80 Exhibits from the Moscow Kremlin Museums’ Collections to be Displayed inPrimorye during EEF‘The Map of Russia. History Landmarks’ exhibition project will be hosted by the Primorsky
Arsenyev Museum. Key exhibition items will include a jewel Easter egg with a train model
made by Faberge for the Russian Imperial Family to commemorate the construction of theTrans-Siberian railroad, as well as the map of the Russian Empire made by the female studentsof the Moscow School of St. Catherine’s Order in 1872.
The exhibition will be the first modern project of the Primorsky Museum and Moscow Kremlin
Museums as part of the cooperation agreement signed on 19 March in Moscow.
http://tass.ru/kultura/5458650
13 August 2018, gazeta.ru

A Delegation of Students from the USA will Take Part in the Work of EEF
The USA delegation will include young entrepreneurs, financial experts, IT-specialists, politicalscientists, public figures, as well as specialists in the area of international relations from themost famous universities of the elite Ivy League.
American public organization ‘Russian-American Cooperation Initiative’ working in the sphereof public diplomacy proposed to arrange for participation of young leaders from the USA in
EEF. The initiative was supported by the Roscongress Foundation, the Embassy of Russian
Feedration in the U.S., and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. It is expected that the2MONTHLY INFORMATION DIGESTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAR EAST

American delegation will meet Russian youth on the margins of the EEF.
https://www.gazeta.ru/gazeta/adv/11894407.shtml

NEWS OF THE FAR EAST
14 August 2018, Business-Gazeta Far East

India’s Tata Power to Become Resident of Kamchatka Territory of AdvancedDevelopment
Currently Tata Power is preparing a geological survey program for Krutogorovskoye bituminous
coal deposit in Kamchatsky Krai. Geological exploration should start in the fall of 2018. The
general amount of investment into the project will reach USD 600 mln.
http://biznes-gazeta.ru/?id=news.view&obj=375c755f3e92fff6353146439404e797
14 August 2018, TASS

Pig-breeding Farm Costing 240 mln Roubles to be Constructed in KhabarovskyTerritory
The complex will consist of 12 buildings, storage houses, staff buildings, electric substations,garages,etc.The farm will breed up to 10 thousand pigs producing up to 945 tons of refrigerated
meat per year. Apart from Khabarovsky Territory, the pork will be delivered to Primorye andAmurskaya Region. The investment project implementation will create 130 new jobs.
http://tass.ru/ekonomika/5454130
14 August 2018, Izvestiya

30 Airports to be Constructed or Modernized in the Far East
Far Eastern airports can be included into the major development plan on redevelopment andconstruction till 2025, according to Minister of Transport of the RF E. Dietrich.The measure will
help increase the number of cross-regional flights bypassing Moscow.
The decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On national goals and strategic
development tasks of the Russian Federation till 2024” states that up to a half of all domestic
flights should operate without connections in Moscow.
https://iz.ru/777987/2018-08-14/mintrans-planiruet-rekonstruirovat-i-postroit-bolee-30-aeroportov-dfo

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development
institution and a major organizer of international conventions, exhibitions and publicevents.
The Roscongress Foundation was founded in 2007 with the aim of facilitating thedevelopment of Russia’s economic potential and strengthening the country’s image byorganizing international conventions, exhibitions, and public events. The Foundation
develops substantive content for such events, providing companies and organizations withadvice, information, and expert guidance, and offering comprehensive evaluation, analysis,
and coverage of the Russian and global economic agendas. It offers administrative services
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and promotional support for business projects and helps to attract investment, includingin the form of public-private partnerships.
Today, its annual programme includes events held from Montevideo to Vladivostok,
offering an opportunity to bring together global business leaders, experts, the media, andgovernment officials in one place, creating favourable conditions for dialogue and thepromotion of new ideas and projects, and assisting in the creation of social enterprise andcharity projects.
www.roscongress.org

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