Gasan Gasanbalaev, Deputy General Director for Social Development at the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation (FEDC), emphasized that clusters are a key element of the creative ecosystem, transforming the surrounding environment and creating new economic sectors in the regions. In 2022, the first state-owned creative cluster in the Far East, "Kvartal Truda," was launched in Yakutsk.
"This is a truly successful project; many regions, inspired by it, have begun submitting applications to create their own clusters. In 2023, we supported the creation of three new clusters—in Ulan-Ude, Blagoveshchensk, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This September, during the Eastern Economic Forum, we plan to launch a cluster in Ulan-Ude. Another cluster will open this year in Kamchatka. We hope to complete the creative cluster in Blagoveshchensk by the end of 2027," Gasanbalaev said.