Mishustin's regional review Far East and Arctic projects

Jun 24

Anna Kurbatova reports Mikhail Mishustin's meeting with Far East and Arctic Development Corporation head Nikolay Zapryagayev. He reports over four thousand projects with fifteen trillion rubles in investor commitments; the reporter says almost half of that money is already at work. The package describes the Pacific Railway, Amur hydrometallurgical technology for double-refractory ore, Udokan copper and Nakhodka methanol projects. It says SIBUR's Amur Gas Chemical Complex received first feedstock from Gazprom's processing plant that day, forming an integrated production chain. Mishustin discusses incentives in priority-development territories, the Kurils, Vladivostok free port and the Arctic, while Zapryagayev describes Kuril investment growth. The report reviews new Far East airport terminals, routes bypassing Moscow and seven million tourists in the previous year, followed by a call to keep attracting investment. It describes ski-resort expansion and the expected Blagoveshchensk–Heihe cable car. Commitments and planned openings remain distinct from reported operating facilities.

Channel One says SIBUR's Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Svobodny receives its first feedstock from Gazprom's processing plant that day. It describes infrastructure connecting the two facilities into a chain from gas processing toward modern-polymer production. Zapryagayev presents the complex among major projects planned to launch this year. First feedstock is not confirmation that the whole complex has reached full commercial output.