Yuri Trutnev called the beginning of the development of the Udokan deposit in Transbaikalia among the key trends in the development of the Far East

The deputy chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation is the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev at the Plenary session "The Far East and the Arctic - the Future of Russia!"Within the framework of the district day at the Russian exhibition, he identified the main positive trends in the development of the Far East.Among them, Deputy Prime Minister noted the beginning of the development of the Udokan deposit in the north of Transbaikalia.“In order to stimulate the development of the Far East, the legislative space had to be changed.Not a single decision was made formally.We made those decisions that were needed by the Far East.A number of projects that have never been on the map of the Far East arose.Udokan has been studying since 1947, and since 47, no one has mined anything there.A lot of projects precisely with the help of decisions adopted on behalf of the President of Russia went into the zone of the possibility of their implementation, ”said Yuri Trutnev.He said that in the Far East the growth of investment in fixed assets is three times ahead of the average Russian, and the growth of industrial production is 1.4 times.Over the past ten years, coal production has increased 2.8 times, and the production of gold, and the production of agricultural products by 2.2 times.Projects implemented using state support measures gave the Far East of actual investments of 3.7 trillion rubles, 745 new enterprises were introduced, 134 thousand jobs were created.Udokan copper deposit is the largest in Russia.Last year, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum, the equipment of the enrichment factory at the Udokan mining and metallurgical plant was launched.The opening ceremony was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin.Source: https://75.ru/news/349136 [https://75.ru/news/349136]