The main event of the first day of work was a visit by Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Zvezda shipyard. As subsequent events have shown, Russian Helicopters Holding notes in the Far East progress in implementing the Russian-Indian Ka-226T helicopter project. This set the tone for the development of events at the WEF 2019, as the leading representatives of the forum - Russia and India would like to see it. One of the most important outcomes of the meeting was the creation of a free trade zone between India and the Eurasian Economic Union. The Indian leader liked the Far East so much that he spoke in Russian.
The conditions for the Far East to enter the trajectory of faster growth have been formed. Major projects and construction projects will be launched in this region, the Russian president said. V. Putin added that the achievements in the economy of the Far East should be converted into a “social breakthrough”. But with the ways for the “upsurge,” everything did not look so great.
The bureaucratization of state functions related to the escort of cargo transit through Russia is the key to fulfilling the goals of the comprehensive plan for modernization and expansion of the main infrastructure (KPMI), said the owner of the Delo group, Sergey Shishkarev. The Northern Sea Route will become a serious competitor to the Trans-Siberian Railway in the delivery of transit goods from Asia to Europe. And it seems that among Russian owners of transport routes, a battle has begun for spheres of influence on the transport of goods from Southeast Asia to Europe. The needs of the Russian economy are as if on the side of a hot spot.
After the Prime Minister of Japan S. Abe arrived on the second day of the WEF, messages were filled up: the Russian-Japanese medical center will be built in Khabarovsk; The diamond center will be created in Vladivostok; a new gold mine will be built in Kamchatka; A new railway route Vladivostok - Suifenhe - Vladivostok will connect Russia and China. New factories, smart cities and mortgages at 2% - opened up bright prospects
The party - the organizer of the WEF 2019 - was so carried away by the sale of everything that the situation recalled the times of the 90s, when everything was sold off.
Vladimir Putin said that he was offering his American counterpart Donald Trump to purchase the latest weapons from Russia, including hypersonic weapons, but the United States said that they themselves plan to produce analogues.
Russia exclusively went on a visa-free visit to the Kuril Islands by the Japanese, and against this background, it is strange that Tokyo does not issue visas to residents of the Russian Crimea, Putin said.
The work to eliminate the accumulated environmental damage in Russia is complicated by the fact that the country does not have accurate information on the number of hazardous waste burials, said the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev.
Deputy Transport Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Tsvetkov believes that statements made earlier by Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Marie Erikson Sereide about doubts about the economic feasibility of the Northern Sea Route and Norway’s plans to verify its compliance with environmental standards are aimed at curbing Russia's development in the Arctic region.
A preferential mortgage for the Far East at 2%, which Vladimir Putin announced during the WEF plenary meeting starting this year, could be received by 17.8 thousand young families in need of housing. It is expected that every second such family will take advantage of it, it follows from the presentation of the Ministry of Eastern Development. Given the outflow of the Russian population from the Far East, the number of people in need of housing should be increased to at least one and a half million young families. But traditionally there is no money, since they from Russian banks tend to go to offshore zones, where no one finds them.
Russia may become one of the world leaders in creating a 5G communication network, said Alexander Povalko, general director of JSC Russian Venture Company (RVC). “Today there is a real chance to create our own 5G product and enter international markets. Currently, 5G technology is owned, in different configurations, by China, South Korea and the USA. Russia can become the fourth world leader in this field, we have a serious chance this will be achieved. Technologically, we already have our own developments in this area, including those of Novosibirsk companies. So far there is no one company that can assemble everything on a turn-key basis, but we have everything that we need to create our own 5G system. And, at least with national vendors in this area, we can "- he said.
In fact, this means that we do not have a national leader in 5G, but if we give money to Novosibirsk to companies, they can try to do something. If, of course, the allocated money is enough ... A sort of model of the modern costly mechanism.
Real life outside the WEF was knocking on the door with the usual mismanagement.
Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko criticized the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin because of work with flood victims in the Irkutsk region. According to Mutko, entrepreneurs in flooded settlements have not yet received payments, and Oreshkin at this time sits at a forum in Vladivostok.
“The Ministry of Economic Development cost a lot of efforts to achieve the allocation of 500 million rubles to support the entrepreneurs of Tulun in a record short time. The main support in this matter was provided by the first deputy chairman of the government, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and the deputy chairman of the government, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Konstantin Chuychenko. Unfortunately, Mutko’s participation in this matter was minimal. Now it’s important to bring this money to people in a fair way, ”the Oreshkina department said.
“Bring this money to people in a fair way” is the most memorable phrase in the framework of the announcement of the WEF 2019 ideas.
Vladimir Ryabov
September 7, 2019 Leningrad.
