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KEY TOPICS• The Government
Prepared a Roadmap forthe Integration of TransBaikal Territory in theFEFD• Oleg Kozhemyako Took
Office as Governor ofPrimorye Territory• Ministry for Developmentof the Russian Far Eastto Consolidate theMechanism of WinterSupply in the National
Programme on theDevelopment of the Far
Eastern Federal District

EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM NEWS13 December 2018, TASS

Oleg Kozhemyako Trusts the FEFD’s Plenipotentiary Office Will Move to Vladivostok
before EEF 2019
Acting Governor of Primorye Territory Oleg Kozhemyako trusts that the Presidential
Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern Federal District will move to Vladivostok before theEastern Economic Forum, which is to take place on 4–6 September 2019. Earlier, Vladimir
Putin signed an executive order on the transfer of the capital of the FEFD from Khabarovsk
to Vladivostok.
https://tass.ru/v-strane/5910482

13 December 2018, Rambler.Sport

Olympic Committees of Russia and Japan are to Sign a Memorandum of Cooperation
at EEF 2019
Moscow hosted the annual Olympic meeting. The President of the Russian Olympic
Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov in his keynote speech noted that the significant economic
forums had become a new format for expanding international cooperation in sports andpromoting Olympic values.
https://sport.rambler.ru/other/41423538-olimpiyskie-komitety-rossii-i-yaponii-podpishut-memorandum-o-sotrudnichestve-na-vef-2019/

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GOVERNMENT POLICY IN THE RUSSIANFAR EAST
24 December 2018, TASSThe Government Prepared a Roadmap for the Integration of Trans-Baikal Territory in the FEFD
Deputy Chairman of the Government, Minister of Economic Development of the TransBaikal Territory Sergey Novichenko, reported that the roadmap for the integration of theregion into the Far Eastern Federal District was “prepared and approved”.
Earlier, the President of the Russian Federation signed an executive order on the transferof Buryatia and Trans-Baikal Territory from the Siberian Federal District to the Far Eastern
Federal District, which not includes 11 regions. The Government of the Russian Federation
received instructions to bring the appropriate legislation in compliance with the order
within three months.
https://tass.ru/politika/5946440
20 December 2018, TASS

Oleg Kozhemyako Took Office as Governor of Primorye Territory
Oleg Kozhemyako, who secured the majority of votes in the re-election of the head of theregion, assumed the post of governor of Primorye.
“Taking the office of Governor of Primorye Territory, I swear to conscientiously performthe major duties of the Governor entrusted to me, respect and protect human rights andfreedoms, observe and defend the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Charter ofPrimorye Territory, faithfully serve the people,” said Mr. Kozhemyako taking the oath.
http://tass.ru/politika/5934316

THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST ECONOMY
20 December 2018, TASS

Ministry for Development of the Russian Far East to Consolidate the Mechanism ofWinter Supply in the National Programme on the Development of the FEFD
The mechanism of Winter Supply will be secured as a national priority in the National
Programme on the Development of the Russian Far East, said Deputy Director ofInfrastructure Projects Department of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian
Far East Irina Makanova at a Federation Council meeting.
Winter Supply is the delivery of food, medicine and fuel to remote villages and entire
regions, including to the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, which remain cut off
from the mainland for several months due to the harsh climate.
http://tass.ru/ekonomika/5937608

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20 December 2018, Vesti.ru

Any Russian Resident Can Motion for the Development of the Far East
Any Russian Resident will be able to motion for the development of the Far Easternregions, including the Trans-Baikal Territory, on a designated Far East website. Theplatform was established jointly with WCIOM (Russian Public Opinion Research Centre)
to develop the National Programme on the Development of the Russian Far East 2025
and further to 2035. Each user starting from 15 December can leave an unlimited
number of suggestions in different sections of the site.
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3096957
14 December 2018, TASS

Sakhalin is to House Russia’s First Industrial Park to Support the Oil and Gas Sector
The commemorative groundbreaking ceremony took place in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on siteof the future industrial oil and gas park. The industrial park is to support the oil and gas
sector of the regional economy, said Acting Governor of Sakhalin Region Valery Limarenko.
http://tass.ru/ekonomika/5911961

NEW DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMS FOR THE
RUSSIAN FAR EA ST: SUCCESS STORIES
21 December 2018, Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Vladivostok Developed a Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) Bay Purification Programme
Scientists of the Far Eastern Federal University, together with colleagues from national
scientific institutions have developed a programme to eliminate the accumulated
environmental damage to the Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok.
According to the university press service, the specialists worked on the project for twoyears. The All-Russian Research Institute for Nature Protection commissioned the work,and the FEFU School of Engineering was a general contractor.
https://rg.ru/2018/12/21/reg-dfo/vo-vladivostoke-poiavilas-programma-ochistki-buhty-zolotoj-rog.html
19 December 2018, TASS

In 2019 FEFU Students Can Launch Project Work for Roscosmos
The Russian Space Agency is a partner of the university’s postgraduate programme“Territorial Development Management Based on Earth Remote Sensing Technologiesand Data”. Students of the Far Eastern Federal University can enter project workin cooperation programmes between the university and Roscosmos, reported theuniversity’s press service.
https://tass.ru/obschestvo/5931156

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14 December 2018, RIA Novosti

FEFU Launched Training for Volunteers in Virtual Reality
The Far Eastern Federal University launches Russia’s first volunteer training course invirtual reality (VR), the FEFU press service reports. It was noted that one could take aclass from anywhere in the world by downloading the application, putting on virtual
reality goggles and headphones.
https://ria.ru/20181214/1547968670.html

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