On Friday, July 27, the first results of the project to create a new scientific, financial and industrial center for economic development in Siberia "Russian ark" were discussed at a meeting at the Moscow Headquarters of the Russian Geographical Society. In 2017, the Russian Geographical Society provided a grant to support the concept of this project.
President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergey Shoigu chaired the meeting. It was attended by representatives of the authorities of the Siberian constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the Ministry for Economic Development, and scientific and business communities.
"In 2017, a grant was provided to develop the concept of this project, which could significantly affect the situation not only in Siberia, but also in the country as a whole," Sergey Shoigu said. "It's about combining several projects that we have been working on for more than three years." President of the Russian Geographical Society said that initiatives of the Siberian regions have been taken into account such as "Yenisei Siberia" based on ideas from the Krasnoyarsk, Khakassia and Tuva authorities, " Lower Priangarye", "Baikal region" and other programs to develop Russia’s eastern regions.
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Sergey Shoigu noted that the Society was at the beginning of important and necessary things that at different times influenced the crucial events in this country.
"These have always been significant breakthrough projects, which were preceded by scientific, research and statistical expeditions. After that, there were projects on energy, transport, industry, regional development," the President of the Society said.
The meeting participants noted that the project was aimed at achieving an economic breakthrough and provided for the formation of new development centers outside the European part of Russia, that is, a multipolar system of economic growth. The essence of the project is to combine the richest natural resources with significant scientific, industrial and agricultural potential. According to the participants of the meeting, Central Siberia will integrate to the Russian area, connect the Far East and Western Siberia, the North and South of the country, as well as the world's leading markets in the US, Europe, China and India.
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The strategic plan of the" Russian ark" includes several issues. In particular, the "Demographic maneuver" that provides for the creation of conditions for population growth in Central and Eastern Siberia; "Scientific and industrial maneuver" that implies the development of new mineral deposits, launch of innovative high-tech industries, creation of fundamental and applied scientific centers of Siberia; "Transport maneuver" that is the creation of a system of highways between major points of the macroregion for transit export traffic; Ecological maneuver" providing creation of carbon-free zones in Siberia and increase of production of clean energy and water, modern medicines.
"When we speak about an economic breakthrough for Russia as a whole, there must be leaders of this breakthrough. And the Siberian macroregion can be one of such leaders, because it has the potential both internal and external," said the former Deputy head of the Ministry for Economic Development, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Vnesheconombank Andrey Klepach.
Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, member of the Board of Trustees Victor Sadovnichy handed a number of scientific developments that are related to the evaluation of socio-economic efficiency of the development of regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East and proposals for their development over to Sergey Shoigu,.
Valery Kryukov, the director for research at the Institute of Economics and Industrial Production of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Science, noted that the strategic goal was not only the development of natural resources but also the improvement of the quality of life of the population, the development of its creative and entrepreneurial potential.