Mikhail KAYKOV President Railway Constructors Union Vienna, 26 February 201 3

Mikhail KAYKOVPresidentRailway Constructors Union

Vienna, 26 February 2013

Social and economic development of the Far East and Baikal region

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21st Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum

27-31 January 2013

With the participation:

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Presentation of projects of the Far East and the Baikal region has become one of the key points of 21st Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum(27-31 January 2013 )

Mega-projects were presented with significance for Russia and the Asia-Pacific region, including related to the construction the spaceport, the pipeline, the federal highway that linked the eastern borders with the western part of the country, branches of aircraft and shipbuilding.

Development of FE and BR within the framework Asia-Pacific region

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Russia at major international forums

In 2013-2015 Russia is Leader in international forums

In “G20" - in 2013In “G7” - in 2015 In BRICS – in 2015

Infrastructure projects in the transport sector

Relevant to the discussion at these venues:

Industry(mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, aviation, military-industrial complex)

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Potential and Constraints

ConstraintsPotentialUnique natural resource potential:• Mineral resources base• The availability World Ocean resources• Free area for agricultural development• Hydropower Resources• Reserves of clean fresh waterUnique tourist and recreational potentialCloseness to markets of the Asia-Pacific regionTransit transport connections APR - EUUnique Technical Innovation platform: possibility of realization of industrial, agricultural and infrastructure projects "from scratch" using modern high-tech

Degradation of the economic structure - mainly industrial feedstocksUndeveloped transport, energy, housing, social infrastructure - infrastructure investment restrictionsExtreme climatic conditions, remoteness and difficult accessibility the territoriesSmall size and localized nature of settlementLarge volumes and long payback periods of infrastructure investmentIncreased engineering reliability requirements and special environmental requirements for life support systemsThe specific conditions of agricultural

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Country leaders’ decisions

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Conditions for investment attractiveness of the Far East and the

Baikal region

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United System of pipeline of Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok Construction of the pipeline system

"Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean"

Significant projects

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Unified Energy System of the Far East

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Europe – Russia - APR

In the frame of 21st Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forumwas held a Round Table

«Asia Pacific – Europe: New Horizons of Co-operation” Round Table Discussion»

Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum

Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS member nations

Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of EurAsEC

Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

«…Note the special role of the Russian Federation in the dialogue of civilisations as a country with a unique geographical position that possesses exceptional opportunities to act as an economic and transport bridge between Europe and the APR, and with experience of inter-faith and inter-ethnic cooperation; Call for greater and more intensive exchange of law-making practices between the parliaments of the APR and Europe…»

PARTICIPANTS:Final statement of the participants

Mikhail KAYKOVPresident of Railway Constructors Union

www.sszd.ru

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