The agenda includes expanding subsidies for industrial infrastructure development in the regions, supporting investment projects in the Far East, and expanding the Chukotka Priority Development Area.
Meeting with deputy prime ministers on current issues
Meeting with deputy prime ministers on current issues
Meeting with deputy prime ministers on current issues
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
Colleagues, good morning,
First, I would like to address the decisions made to support our regions.
The president has emphasised the importance of creating conditions for the broad deployment of new production facilities. This is fundamental for generating skilled, well-paid jobs, increasing household incomes, and raising the prestige of blue-collar and engineering professions. It also provides people, especially young people, with opportunities to tap their potential and find their professional path.
In order to do this, the Government assists Russian regions in establishing industrial centres. Under the Economic Development and Innovative Economy state programme, we have financed more than 60 industrial, technology, and business parks equipped with all essential infrastructure: production premises, warehouse facilities, and utility networks. As a result, nearly one thousand small and medium-sized enterprises have moved their operations there, implemented their solutions at minimal cost, and launched the production of high-quality goods.
In order to enhance the effectiveness of this measure, we have adjusted the rules for distributing subsidies, allowing regions with limited budgets to build up to 12 industrial centres per year. For the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions, maximum financial support per project has been increased to 600 million roubles.
We will continue enhancing industrial development across the country. Technological and industrial sovereignty, sustainable economic growth, the competitiveness of domestic companies, and the living standards of our citizens depend on this.
Now, regarding the Far East.
We are placing particular emphasis on the accelerated development of key economic sectors and the social sphere in this federal district. A comprehensive set of measures has been put in place under a state programme.
Thanks to this work, significant results have been achieved in recent years, as the president highlighted at the Eastern Economic Forum. He noted, in particular, that a new industrial map of the macro region has taken shape, with thousands of new growth points emerging. World-class enterprises are being built in Chukotka, Trans-Baikal and Primorye territories.
As part of this programme, the Government continues creating comfortable conditions for businesses, attracting private investment, and providing necessary support.
Every year, subsidies are provided to investors implementing projects of critical importance for the district’s economy.
Today, we will allocate almost 5 billion roubles to 15 such organisations. Their initiatives – in logistics, tourism, housing construction, and mining – were selected through a specialised competitive process.
These funds will reimburse entrepreneurs for the construction of water and heat supply networks, power lines and grid connections, as well as access roads, and other essential infrastructure.
Their investment amount to tens and even hundreds of billions of roubles. This means thousands of new jobs will be created.
Such measures must be further expanded to encourage investors to increase capacity and launch new enterprises in this strategically important region for the entire country.
One more point. In line with the president’s instruction, a comprehensive set of support mechanisms has been developed for entrepreneurs operating in the Far East. The most effective tools include the establishment of priority development areas.
One of such 16 industrial sites operating in the macro region is Chukotka. Among the major projects underway there is the development of the Baimskoye deposit, one of the world’s largest deposits. It contains significant reserves not only of copper but also of precious metals and other minerals. During my recent working visit to the Chukotka Autonomous Area, we had an in-depth discussion of the progress in constructing the mining and processing plant.
A decision has been made to include more than 20,000 hectares of land in Pevek and the Bilibino district within the boundaries of this priority development area to accommodate the enterprise’s required infrastructure: roads, power lines, energy supply facilities, logistics and transport support, cargo handling and storage areas, equipment maintenance facilities, a temporary workers’ camp, and a marine cargo terminal. This is an extremely complex infrastructure system. In total, over 2,000 jobs are to be created there.
We expect that this project will contribute significantly to the development of the region and improve the quality of life for people who live and work in such challenging climatic conditions.
