The growing interest on the part of international companies in relocating business to the Special Economic Region (SAR) on Russky Island was noted by the participants in the “SAR: welcome back” session during the Eastern Economic Forum. The discussion was attended by Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Pavel Volkov, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Ilya Torosov, Director of the Department of Special Administrative Region Affairs of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic (FEDC) Pavel Sheika and others.