Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Government Commission on the Socioeconomic Development of the Far East.
"The first question concerns the changes being made to the social development plans for economic growth centers. The presidential Far Eastern unified subsidy has made it possible to build and reconstruct over 2,000 social facilities in the Far East, including 138 facilities this year. We've already discussed with regional heads at the District Council that, due to planning errors or insufficient control in several Far Eastern Federal District regions, we're forced to shift funding from one project to another. This applies, for example, to Khabarovsk, Primorye, Kamchatka, Zabaykalsky Regions, and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia). We will increase our focus on the efficiency and timeliness of budget expenditure," Yuri Trutnev opened the meeting.
As part of the amendments to the social development plans for economic growth centers in the Far Eastern regions, the allocation of federal budget funds through the Presidential Far Eastern Unified Subsidy for 2026-2028 was approved for master plan projects and other activities in Buryatia, Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Kamchatka, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Amur and Magadan Regions, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Chukotka.
The discussion focused on changes to the mechanism for providing state support to legal entities implementing investment projects in the Far East, including reimbursement of infrastructure development costs. "Fifteen projects in eight regions of the Far Eastern Federal District have been selected for subsidies. All of them are large and important, addressing key regional development issues," said Yuri Trutnev.
The meeting also discussed the implementation of a project to build a main conveyor system for transporting coal produced in the Uglegorsk district of Sakhalin to the port of Shakhtyorsk. The project has been underway since 2018, and construction and installation work has already been completed. The launch of the conveyor line will reduce coal transportation costs.