Yuri Trutnev in an interview on the Russia-24 television channel: the development of the Far East continues

On December 13, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev gave an interview to the Rossiya-24 TV channel. He spoke about the development of the Far East, the results of this year and the prospects for the next. “The development of the Far East continues. All preferential mechanisms created on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation are working. Every week we have new residents of priority development territories, the free port of Vladivostok, and projects are being implemented. We continue to maintain accelerated rates of economic development in almost all indicators - in industrial growth, in terms of investment growth, in construction in relation to the average indicators in Russia, which, in fact, is necessary, because Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin declared the development of the Far East a national priority, and This means we must develop faster to catch up. We are succeeding so far, thank God,” said Yuri Trutnev. During the interview, we discussed current preferences for investors and companies operating in the Far East. We spoke separately about the Patriotic ASEZ. “Investors are launching 177 enterprises this year. It's a lot. The total amount of investments, if we are talking about the Far East and the Arctic, because this is also my area of responsibility, almost reached 4 trillion rubles - 3.98 trillion rubles. But we'll get there. Economic results are good, enterprises continue to be built, and 140 thousand new jobs have been created. A huge and very important program for the construction and, in fact, renovation of 25 cities in the Far East is starting. There is a lot of work,” the plenipotentiary noted. He clarified that the Patriotic ASEZ is a separate form of assistance in the production of those types of products that are needed at the front. “We help purchase them for military units. In this case, we take on the costs of rental payments and logistics. In general, we try to support. It helps. Although I will say quite honestly that it’s not just about our help. Thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people simply do this work themselves at the call of their hearts. Differently. Some work in hospitals, helping the wounded. Someone is collecting humanitarian aid that needs to be sent to the front. Some help military families. But we took on the part related to the production of products for the front,” explained Yuri Trutnev. The deputy chairman paid special attention to the issues of Far Eastern Mortgage. This year, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed adjusting the parameters of Far Eastern mortgages at 2%, “increasing its attractiveness.” “Everything that the head of state says is not only possible, but must be done. Because I perceive any task set by the President as something that we must solve. Mortgage is developing. And there are now people who are fighting to raise the down payment on the mortgage. We will still fight, because I don’t agree with them. There's not that much money there. And this is very important for people,” said the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government. He explained that the Far Eastern Mortgage program cannot exist separately from the construction of new housing. “Construction in the Far East, in my opinion, is somewhere around 30 percent higher than the all-Russian growth statistics. Therefore, we are simultaneously trying to build more housing and provide people with the opportunity to buy it. But this, to be honest, is just the beginning. Because I have already said that the biggest transformations in the coming years, we think, will be associated with the renovation program for Far Eastern cities,” Yuri Trutnev emphasized. The plenipotentiary explained that the renovation program for Far Eastern cities was created to improve the quality of the urban environment, air, living conditions, and business conditions, which in each specific territory were created on the basis of mass surveys of the population. “We have put together the first steps to finance this modernization. Rebuilding 25 cities is no small task. And now the budget time is not the best, so we have collected everything we could in our programs, we are attracting private investment: banks are getting involved, investors are getting involved,” said Yuri Trutnev. In addition, he added that this year in December the Far Eastern residents will receive the first apartments under the rental housing program. “The President made a decision to support the construction of 10 thousand rental apartments in the Far East. 87 billion rubles have been allocated for this from the National Welfare Fund. The point of this housing is that it will be transferred to people at almost 1/3 of the real rate. The rest will be co-financed from the budget and other sources,” said Yuri Trutnev. The plenipotentiary also touched upon the topic of northern deliveries. This law assumes that northern cargo is delivered first. “Since we do not communicate well with our Western partners, logistics flows to the Far East, the volume of Russian products that went to the Far East is significantly greater than before the start of the sanctions regime. There are big problems with the need to quickly modernize the Eastern training ground. It's impossible there Everything needs to be done quickly, because we need new tunnels, new railway tracks. The work is huge. And in any case it must be done. Due to this overload, we had problems at the ports when organizing northern deliveries. And northern deliveries include food, fuel, and building materials. This is something that the territories cannot live without - those territories for which the delivery of products is carried out precisely as part of the northern delivery,” said the plenipotentiary. Yuri Trutnev explained that the law on northern delivery sets a priority, which allowed cargo transportation to be carried out without failures this year. “The law says that northern cargo is delivered first. And we have no disruptions or failures this year. Everything is going according to schedule. In addition, to be honest, we are constantly trying to improve the economy of the Far East a little. Therefore, the possibility of subsidizing the cost of transportation is “hardwired” there. We will definitely apply this too,” Yuri Trutnev clarified. He noted that the priority plans for 2024 will be measures to improve the business climate and people's lives. Yuri Trutnev explained that at the strategic session under the leadership of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, 14 proposals were made. They are currently under consideration. Source: https://75.ru/news/344195 [https://75.ru/news/344195]