Bair Zhamsuev: Thanks to Bam, our Udokan has excellent prospects for exporting products both in the domestic and external market

The Senator of the Russian Federation from the Trans-Baikal Territory Bair Zhamsuev, together with senators, representatives of state, commercial and scientific organizations and experts, discussed the potential, modernization prospects and growth of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railway Railway Railways for the purposes of strategic development of the Russian Federation, including forThe Far East and Transbaikalia.The Federation Council hosted a round table on this topic, organized by the Committee of the Federation Council on Economic Policy.According to Bair Zhamsuev, the Deputy General Director of the Russian Railways Andrei Makarov, in his speech, said that this year, the planned indicators of the work performed at the eastern training ground amounted to 250 billion rubles, which is almost two times more than last year, and according to the results of the third stage of modernization of the eastern training groundIt is planned to achieve indicators of the total freight capacity of 210 million tons by 2030 and increase it to 255 million tons by 2032.The Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Grabchak said that during the work at the eastern training ground, the Ministry of Railways coordinated its efforts with the Russian Railways company, while noting that they have all the schedules synchronized, they understand exactly when the railway workers need and what volume of traction electricity is needed.According to the results of the works that are carried out at the eastern training ground, the total transport capacity will increase significantly.“As for our Trans-Baikal Territory, according to representatives of Russian Railways, the modernization of the Baikal-Amur highway is synchronized with the implementation of the Udokan copper project.Thanks to Bam, our Udokan has excellent prospects for exporting products both to the domestic market, this is Siberia and the Far East, and to the foreign market, to the countries of East Asia, ”the senator commented.Bair Zhamsuev also noted that Russian Railways is willing to cooperate with Gazprom during the implementation of the Siberian-2 Strength project.At the same time, difficulties arise related to a significant indexation of tariffs.The construction time is often transferred, investments are not fully mastered.The need to connect private funds through the mechanisms of PPP (public-private partnership), concessions in the process of modernizing the eastern training ground.Recall that President Vladimir Putin in a message to the Federal Assembly said that Russia intends to speed up the modernization of the Trans-Siberian and Baikal-Amur highway, as well as to increase the possibilities of the Northern Sea Route.This is not only additional cargo flows, but also the basis for solving national problems in the development of Siberia, Arctic and the Far East.Source: https://75.ru/news/343281 [https://75.ru/news/343281]