Mishustin's regional review Far East and Arctic projects

Apr 10, 2025

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 describes the Amur Hydrometallurgical Plant's deployed domestic processing of double-refractory gold ores. Zapryagayev cites its fifty-metre autoclave; the reporter contrasts previous foreign processing with the now-available Russian technology, patented in eight countries, and describes prospects for deposits previously considered uneconomic. These technical and comparative claims remain attributed. The operating capability predates the June 2026 review.