Outstanding quotes from EEF 2019 about the Far East

SAMARA REGION GOVERNOR DMITRI AZAROV: Samara Region to become a major hub of the Belt and Road Initiative

This analytical review by InfraONE, prepared exclusively for the 4th Eastern Economic Forum, analyzes the Far East market of investments in infrastructure and its current state and presents a development forecast for the period of 2019–2021.

Where should the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East be geographically located? When will the megaproject to build a bridge from the mainland to Sakhalin be completed? And have you claimed your own free land plot under the Far Eastern Hectare programme? Andrey VANDENKO, a senior interviewer at the TASS news agency, asked Alexander KOZLOV, the Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East, these questions and more, exclusively on behalf of the EEF magazine.

The Far East Development Fund (FEDF) is a key newsmaker when it comes to the regional economic agenda. The Fund’s investments include major infrastructure projects and programmes to support small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture, and high-tech solutions. FEDF CEO Alexey Chekunkov discusses four areas of potential in the Russian Far East, the preferences of Asian consumers, and the magic of the speculative market.