The federal road Chita-Khabarovsk construction will be finished in 2010 increasing cargo and passenger traffic between the regions. Presidential envoy in the Far East Viktor Ishaev met with the Prosecutor General of Russia to report about the situation with unemployment. Railway operators look forward to improvements in the infrastructure of the Far Eastern ports to speed up transportation of cargos. Find out details in the weekly overview of events by FederalPress.
The federal road Chita-Khabarovsk construction will be finished in 2010 increasing cargo and passenger traffic between the regions. Presidential envoy in the Far East Viktor Ishaev met with the Prosecutor General of Russia to report about the situation with unemployment. Railway operators look forward to improvements in the infrastructure of the Far Eastern ports to speed up transportation of cargos. Find out details in the weekly overview of events by FederalPress.
Chita-Khabarovsk
Construction of a major highway Chita-Khabarovsk will be finished in September 2010. Vice prime minister Sergey Ivanov reported to Vladimir Putin last week, 705 kilometers of the highway were completed in 2009. The government spent 15 billion rubles on construction works. The rest 630 kilometers will require 10 billion rubles investment from the federal budget in 2010.
The highway goes across complicated terrain – taiga and tuffets. The project can be compared with the legendary Soviet times construction campaigns of Trans-Siberian railway and Baikal-Amur railway.
Frozen fish drowns
A barge with 140 tons of frozen fish went down in the river Amur. All the fish now lies 12 meters deep underwater. EMERCOM specialists report there is no risk of any ecological hazard.
One million dollars in gold
Militia of Khabarovsk Region recovered 40 kilograms of gold costing near one million dollars. This is the biggest batch of illegal gold recently confiscated. A small gold-mining company acquired a license for certain site in Mnogovershinny village of Khabarovsk Region. But the company actually exploited several nearby sites illegally, that’s why the gold was confiscated.
Unemployment rate
Presidential envoy in the Far East Viktor Ishaev reported economic and social situation at a meeting with the Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chaika. Viktor Ishaev noted that the level of unemployment in the regions of the Far East Federal District had lessened – from 3.7% to 3.2%. However it is still higher than Russia’s average (2.8%).
All the regions of the Federal District are implementing employment stimulation programs and back pay elimination measures. Thus, back pay amounted to 1.3 billion rubles in June, but now it’s two times less – 635 million rubles. There are no back pay problems in Chukotka Autonomous District and Jewish Autonomous Region.
Big investment programs (gas trunk pipeline Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok and oil network Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean) and governmental orders (Sukhoi Superjet 100) considerably help to support the economy of the Far East.
Youth business forum
Khabarovsk will house the First Youth Business Forum of the Far East on September 22-23, 2009. Organization committee of the Forum is chaired by Sergey Lopatin, minister of youth policy, sport and tourism of Khabarovsk Region. The Forum claims to provide communication grounds for young people, experienced businessmen, youth organizations and regional officials.
Drug police
Militia of Khabarovsk confiscated a large bunch of hashish. Young people were arrested in a local hotel with 210 grams of hash, 800 more grams were found in their apartment. Additionally, militia recovered metal plates of the yellow color. Suspects say it’s gold. The case is under investigation.
Far East Railways
Railway of the Far East faces serious troubles. There are at least 72 cars with cargo which can’t move on in the direction of the port. The problem aroused with cars transporting coal, oil products and metal. Although the railway’s capacity is quite enough, infrastructure of the seacoast ports is far less capable.
The main reasons for slow transportation are the lack of workers, insufficient off-loading equipment, as well as slow paperwork processing. However, both Far East Railways and the authorities of the Far East Federal District understand that the development of transport system is one of the key components of the economic success.