[000:00:00;00] with four countries, these are, of course, huge advantages that allow us to talk not only about the potential of the opportunities that exist in the development of the caucasus, but also about the future, which, in principle, we are already seeing here in terms of growth. i would like to say that the president of the russian federation is the chairman of the government, and they pay special attention to the territory of the north caucasian federal district. we know that meetings are constantly held and decisions are made aimed at the development of this fertile region of our countries. and today to present the government. mikhailovich mishustin spent here e on the margins of the caucasian investment exhibition. e, meeting of the government development commission for the socio-economic development of the caucasian federal district, which discussed

the most important issues of e development. the territories of the north caucasus, as well as, of course , solved the problems that we have to this day. let me remind you that we u had instructions from the chairmen of the government that, uh, for each subject of the russian federation for each region of the north caucasus to develop models of economic development with specific indicators that would characterize the growth rate of investment in this region in each subject of the russian federation, the growth rate of the living standards of the population in the form and incomes of the population in the form. uh, value original product per capita. large investment projects were also approved, specific projects that allow achieving these indicators in the medium term . they are also under special control today, the main regions, which present here during the tour of the exhibition.

and they told the prime minister about what has already been done during this period. what investments have been made and what are the prospects for the development of the socio-economic development of the territory of each subject of the russian federation, and as you already noted, alexander, indeed , such a serious breakthrough has been made over the past few years. if we talk about the growth rates of the e- industry in the regions of the north caucasus , then last year , for example, they were four times higher than the russian average, if to talk about, for example, the development of agriculture, then the growth rates of agriculture in these regions in the composition of e, two-fold indicators in relation to the average russian, too, and this is done literally. here are the last ones. e year the last few years, when the regions are really under the leadership. e, the main subjects of the russian federation began to actively implement e and

investment projects to develop their a. uh , the advantages that each region has its own if we talk about the north kara and its role for our country, then we, of course, we understand very well that here i have already said, uh, transport arteries. there are some directions here, which, in my opinion, are of a very important nature not only for the development of the north caucasian federal district, but also for the development of our country as a whole, and i also touched on several such directions of the transport industry and the flow of traffic that goes through the north- frame federal districts and will increase in the future by developing these routes north-south, north-west of the silk road. well, uh, we are also talking about the development of such an important industries such as tourism, for example, which for all the inhabitants of our country and the serkan federal has such a symbolic meaning, since there is a special condition favorable

for development. ski tourism, let's say tourism for the development of caspian tourism and the so-called caspian caspian tourism cluster, which was also presented today at the caucasian investment exhibition. if we talk about tourism, then uh today. this is generally such one of the main directions of sharp growth and investment and the interests of the population. in order to visit the caucasian regions , in almost every subject of the russian federation , a ski resort is developing one way or another , and the leader here is unconditionally. these are the archaic karacha and the circassian. this is elbrus of the kabardino-balkarian republic, this is mamiston, uh, which will be launched in the republic of north ossetia in 2025, this is the leading resort, uh, in the chechen republic, archives in ingushetia, and i’m just not listing everything there, in fact. here is the tourist

flow to the north. in the kaze increased over last 3 years. uh, almost 25% to 3.8 million people, so 1 million overall and this is just the beginning here are my colleagues who are here today thank you so much for taking part in the polynar session. since there is something to tell in terms of investment development, they will also talk about the projects that are being implemented here and about the tools and mechanisms that the government and the state provides support for development. and this is the region. this is the north caucasus, you can talk for a long time, because the topic is immense, but once again i want to to emphasize that this is indeed a strategically important region for our country both in terms of its geographic location, in terms of economic development , in terms of the development of those priority sectors

that are here today. this is developing tourism, agriculture, industry, transport, and much more, and intensive horticulture, which here is a competitive advantage in view of climatic features. here, well, today we presented such figures at the commission that 50% of russian intensive gardening - this is precisely the north caucasus 40% of sheep breeding , uh, livestock. uh, sheep in the caucasus 50% of wool production from sheep is also here. well, and many, many other first place for the production of fruits and berries. i won’t list them there and so on, therefore, of course, the caucasus is, well, let’s say so. e fertile territory for development to improve life , to attract tourists here investment and for economic socio-economic development. thank you alexander valentinovich, now we'll talk in more detail. about every,

probably, point of what we are talking about now said. e, maxim gennadievich has already begun to talk about the economic potential of the region. what instruments for attracting investments are already being used in the okrug today and what industries today, probably, first of all, need to attract new funds. good afternoon. well, i’m probably developing what alexander valentinovich said, the main points. as for the tools now in the district , we can simultaneously use both general federal tools and specific additional tools that we are creating for the north caucasus is based on, and the programs for the development of the region and on the basis of individual development institutions that exist here, well, that is, if we talk about the overall systemic mechanisms, then here in almost every industry, all programs that are actively involved in the caucasus can be discussed here and industrial, and programs and fund support, which are here. well, that's it, more actively more actively, let's say it comes

clear, there is a lot of potential here, which still needs to be revealed. there are also many projects in the apk , and a program to support the creation of vegetables storage facilities and other projects are also active, and the caucasian regions are involved in this. ah , the same can be said about the program to support the tourism industry, our 141 resolutions, which provide for subsidizing the construction of hotels, we have five projects here. and here, but what about these system tools. this does not mean that they all work perfectly. today we also discussed and sent to the commission that some instruments need to be fine-tuned. and in particular on sheep breeding, we agreed. before there is a question of setting up a mechanism for secondary vocational education programs, something that is very necessary for the economy. but at the same time, there are such specific tools, which , in particular, are based on corporations from the caucasus, the russian federation, which are such a very powerful tool not only for the development of resorts, but also for supporting

individual projects. you know, we have an investment policy for the corporation. it assumes that a corporation can enter both equity and debt financing, that is, participate in the capital and participate, and we see junior debt. and i must say that almost all of them are large. the projects that now exist in one way or another are also supported by corporations and it will be either chechencement, or the tyrnyauz tungsten deposit of libdden in their route , whether it be sunzha, and so on. but, probably, we get the biggest effects when we really put together the general federal support tools and those supplemented with special tools just on a case-by-case basis, because, uh, the same tungsten or bdenum project. e in turnhouse with a large amount of investment. there are more than 50 billion. it is only with the caucasus corporation of the russian federation that it is not possible to collect it, therefore it simultaneously participates in the russian federation with a

project financing factory. this is such a powerful institution for supporting large, and industrial projects, at the same time, it was concluded, and an agreement was concluded to protect the fears of investment capital, where there are also risks, hedging and, accordingly , subsidizing interest rates of our own, and due to this, we are somehow the sba economy. because that, well, here is not a single tool pull this project. but in the complex it turns out the same applies to chechencement , for example, where on the one hand the caucasus of the russian federation and on the other hand the republic competently disposed of the infrastructure budget loan, directing it specifically to industrial support. and it would n't work without it either. and all this together allows us to pull out projects. and the projects are not only large ones. so i just said a large one, for example, here is a corporation, a sme. he is actively working here, having received additional money, along the line, it is the caucasian program that is a plus to the nation 's project colleagues now, but they are very actively increasing lending together with banks. and

here we have a one and a half times higher level of penetration of loans. e with the help of state support than the average for elimination, and this gives an additional pace of lending , for example, colleagues analyzed e, loans issued here for tourism, all sectors, 98. percent are loans issued with the help of the state program, that is, here the maximum responds sees these opportunities they are actively used therefore there are a lot of tools. so, probably, mmm, a lot depends on the regional teams on how they will put it together, like, they will be able to use it. so i have to say here e again and again to note that over the past 3 years, the regional teams have fundamentally changed the quality of work and can really assemble extremely complex projects using these tools, so we have the same portfolio of the caucasus corporation of the russian federation over the past years 10 times supported investment projects. that is this is not only a budget investment. these are the more difficult questions. well

, considering the potential that is here. here alexandrovich said it turns out here. let's say we have three. so the imposition of the natural potentials of the possibilities of people is the competence of nature, and the second point is the guidance here in order. changes in the investment climate, which, in principle, is really interesting, er, has grown for the regions. well, the third point. this is the current situation. she also plays for the caucasus because, firstly, it is now the main logistical crossroads. eh, this is basic the black sea regions of this whole faith and it is here that all the ways. eh, they intersect. this is the first and second. this is national capital. colleagues are present here even if earlier. our national capital has largely invested somewhere. e to europe to foreign countries somewhere and so on. that is, now everyone understands that it is necessary to invest home here. and where are the opportunities, but, as a matter of fact, the caucasus with a gigantic market with gigantic opportunities, so there is a demand and

it seems to me, now here is such a real time for the caucasus the interest that is here. i think we will all together make sure that this time is not missed. thank you really about the interests of the dawn, not that empty seats. no, there are still people standing. what a nice answer. thanks to all alexander nikolaevich e. i think for the majority. actually. it's already been mentioned here too. the caucasus is primarily associated with historicism. do you think it is clear that the figure has already increased? how will he make sure that the number of people who come here grows and, perhaps, this is tourism not only from our countries will be, but from other countries. well, how are your colleagues? thanks good afternoon. as colleagues have already noted here, the flows are indeed growing. and, of course, this is due to e not only some. well, the usual conditions of our growth. well, of course, to the view helped us, let's be honest. in general, at that time we were such a closed country and, uh, the inhabitants of our country. at least they paid attention in their eyes

to the fact that there is altai in russia, baikal caucasus well, and many many other territories, even in their own subjects of the russian federation e in all in practice, tourism began to grow stronger and develop, and everyone, finally, somehow in this part realized that at the end of this business it is possible to earn money. it comes to local budgets, and not only and so on. you know, i already cited literally at the last meeting such an example is absolutely amazing. for some years we did not pay attention to this at all on our own tourism. in russia to us. it seemed like a cold country. we have oil there. mineral income, seems to be stable everything was fine and uh, at this time, such 100 of our neighbors, like turkey kiev there, of course, europe asia east, they made very serious investments in preferences for business in this industry, and therefore we all 7 million went to turkey in the arctic, 8 million went to asia there, and in general, we stayed here. we are even here in the region and then, when crimea already appeared

in our country and, in general, we even had deidle places in the hotel were not filled, because here we are, in general, by our actions pushed the russian tourist out of the limit of your life. we are, in general, to the end. i repeat, not very they believed that it was very, and all over the world there was a huge competition for russian tourists. here is a capable very good-natured enough very so comfortable for everyone. and here it is clear that against this background. of course we lost this one. because these years are the last 20 years. uh, our direct competitors created the infrastructure of good hotels. he or the key. all this, in general, was, and we lost more than that, if we are talking about the caucasus, uh, here, of course, the ski resorts, a million people of russians, have a huge advantage, went to europe to ski.

yes, the new year is there, children's holidays and so on, a million people, billions of dollars were exported, thank god, today, in general, somehow everyone understood there is a presidential program, he blessed all these issues. and, of course, tools have appeared and the minek is working very clearly with the ministry of finance. naturally. all in all, the government. thanks maxim gennadyevich to the teams that today, well , we really are a business. we feel everything today and we understand, uh, the depth of the task and ready to go go build new hotels. new service projects, and it seems to me that the heads of the constituent entities also support this today. in my opinion. it's great. and, of course, in tourism there are, uh, the three whales, which is what we talked about all the infrastructures. it’s clear that it’s good, the hotels are of good quality, or i’ll emphasize that it’s not not reworked soviet anyhow, but really the corresponding brand is already european standards and so on. this is certainly

logistics and, uh, the availability of something to go, besides arkhyz, today we are building a resort, arkhyz, but to get from sochi to arkhyz, you need to spend at least 13 hours in the summer. i think 15 more. well, who will go, of course, some kind of uh, well, there uh crumbs. yes, who dares to take such a big trip and so on, and to build a road conditionally, sochi arkhyz, in general. it will take 200 billion. maybe, yes, a large amount, but we are solving a huge problem, we will connect it. b - balloon complexes mountain clusters like the north caucasus with e-e with the black sea with a completely different cluster. eh, it will be a symbiosis. this there will be a serious huge plus for the economy , first of all, the subjects themselves, including the same sochi, we are talking about the fact that let's e let's build an airport here in cherkessk. why not? listen to the stream already arkhyz almost

2 million people, and in 5 years there will be 4 million. what more evidence is needed that this will be a payback project. it will be an interesting project. and, uh, of course, if we mock our tourist, who will fly to the mineralnye vody and then 4 hours will get to, in general, a resort. no of course, these are the means. this is big money. listen, well italy switzerland germany france they spent. all in all, a huge amount of money. even 20-30 years ago, they all had overpasses, and bridges, that is , all this. it all works to say, especially the roads to the south, paris uh, there cannes monaco and so to say u there in uh in italy in this it's all a priority. it's all very interesting. this is all developing our territory and so on. and , of course, the service. and, of course, the service. uh, you know, we have such a concept, only i ask you to go over me. i say how there is. i passed. this is the same thing for us, too, when

it seemed that we were in sochi before the olympics. hey, very cool service. we are so advanced. we're all great. we drew all the stars, five stars, six stars on these who, so to speak? who that was e much. but it turned out that when the otlilier brands came to us, the management teams were new restaurateurs. we got it, listen , we're playing the frequency. we are not even ready mentally. and so to speak, e somehow create such conditions, to once again exquisite moscow st. petersburg and a foreigner the tourist, in general, chose in and arrived. not to europe, but to us in russia, in our own country, and we should perceive the tourist as a small investor. these are not empty words. if we treat like this, e hospitality, we will educate our employees in the sense that we need these brands that come in big digs for competition. i will say in sochi there were also parental changes. and they were also very

afraid. and what, how are we here already? everything seems to have been captured, everything is fine. we earn. but when they came, uh, serious players, ah they set a completely different standard. i assure you, and the locals are small, business, small hotels. they, too, began to transform p-transformed in order to cease to be so unobtrusive unconditionally. that is, we are happy for them. they are our partners already they give competitors, but the face of the appearance itself in the case of the mountain class, and the red field, it has changed. and when, here, when foreigners come to visit, or listen, so what is it for at all? why any? we are in europe when everything is already here and to eat tasty and really everything everything is sweet. obviously safe and beautiful. this, of course, is a huge entertainment complex. this is a lot of work, and in the summer in sochi, in order to understand that this concerns the north caucasus, we definitely need to do this. in summer, the load is the same as in winter, because, why not? mountain air is not so hot, hiking, hiking

, all this, so to speak, of course, heals people. uh, all-possible botox is all the clinics are all under construction or a projector. we understand that we are russians we must make such a product, such a tourist product that would, in general, keep our russian tourist from leaving there, dubai, so to speak, there is bad everywhere, but karlovy vary, but this is possible, because the nature of the climate is incredible incredible. this is true, but deserves great attention. i assure you. arkhyz it will be the best. a world-class clan in 5 years, it will be even better than krasnaya polyana due to the fact that the heights are higher than 3,500 m, which means that the snow cover is higher, and therefore another economy. well, of course, the slopes are more gentle. this will be the favorite place of the russians. and of course, when we will have both sochi and lagonaki with the ruble and and the elbrus region and elbrus itself and many of the resorts that were mentioned. well , of course, we can’t be stopped without us, and those

people who left took money out of the country. i think we will bring here in the north. we will trust the caucasus with our money. and actually, there is safety and bring the families of children closer. and it will become, in general, not just in the picture, everything is in the caucasus but the ice place of our russians. this is the way it should be, i believe in it. thank you, alexander valentinovich, i would like to clarify with you, and how does the government feel about the idea of ​​creating a road between krasnaya polyana and arkhyzoba. what alexander nikolayevich said today, the topic was also discussed at the government commission of prime minister mikhail mishustin. e spoke about this, including alexander nikolayevich and other colleagues. eh, in principle, the topic is long enough, so there are some peculiarities in its implementation. but what as for the need for a connection in the future , it is obvious that everyone agrees on this, because the two resorts. if they are connected, it will be a very good cluster with the opportunity

for tourists to visit different resorts. and what is important, it was said, including the need to build an airport near the circassian. this is also one of the directions that will enable such an energy effect of tourism development, since the airport should really be close to those objects that are millions, well, already today people are visiting and will increase taking into account the investment obligations that the investor assumed, after it was sold to the management company arkhyz and the state and this huge investment. this is more than 40 billion e rubles, which should be invested in the ski slopes in the ski lift directly in the creation of a high-level hotel location in order for people to go there, of course, it must be very convenient logistics. and that's logistics. maybe as a way, but the construction of the airport

comfortable car, roads and connections with others are provided. naturally, clusters that will give e synergies in the development of tourism, therefore, we support this, of course, for a long time , the instruction to work out this issue . understand funding sources. perhaps this is a public private partnership jointly with business on based on concession or other financing options, that is, in general, the vector is clear. we just need to work out this issue in detail. thanks a lot. eh, if we talk about transport, but from the point of view of already inter-regional and inter-random accessibility of the alexander performance. she mentioned that four sea countries to four land countries have borders. and what is being done today to ensure that a large-scale project, including, for example, to the north-south , has already been discussed with you, to be implemented. and what's the focus today in terms of

regional impact cross-country impact and the implementation of these projects. that’s probably such a separate big question, because the north-south corridor, let’s say it’s more than the north caucasus is clear. and if we talk about large projects, then this, of course , cut totoro a section on the territory of iran and a substantive study is being carried out there, but at the same time, even without this section, the western stream is working. i mean the way just through a, dagestan in azerbaijan, and there big changes are taking place, first of all, the border crossing is being modernized , the azerbaijani side has practically finished its work. we, for our part , have actively deployed actively implemented ones , too, and understandable timeframes, the budgets have all been allocated for this, we will complete. this means that at the same time the transport route is developing, and

here the astrakhan region, and ports are being built and the issue of makhachkala is also on. now an investor has come to develop this port. here at the same time, the eastern part is also loading and loading. this is growing, there the railway is actually rolling out routes, meaning through kazakhstan and turkmenistan to iran, and our turkmen colleagues have done a lot of work, i must say , they have invested a lot in recent years. that is, it is absolutely, but the same live route, and now we are even more likely to look at integration issues on that one, let's say so. e together with our iranian partners on the other side of iran, this is a banderbas. uh, bender-himinin two there are two ports at the airport that you can access and the question is the development of terminals for the quay walls of communication with our arab partners, because this, in general, creates , well, completely new opportunities, about which we probably haven’t thought about there for 2-3 years or was some kind of fantasy, and

now grain hubs and other projects are being discussed. and here, well, here. probably what is important for the north. caucasus, so that hmm, all these flows of goods did not go past or through yes, but they created new economic opportunities. this means that here be powerful trade distribution centers, which, on the one hand, collect caucasian cargo flows, and there are more and more of them, given the development of agricultural production. building materials. here goes. well, now importers have very large requests. yes, from other countries, that is , everyone needs a standardized guaranteed product, properly packaged , preserved, and so on. therefore, there is a program for the very same burial grounds. she is extremely important. but uh, this is on the one hand, and on the other hand, so that those loads that and with hmm, respectively , from the transit of azerbaijan from iran, it is very important that there are centers here that just repack

the products, reassemble them and already send them to the regions of the russian federation, that is, well, plus where it goes. this is the logistics where production is developing right next to it. that is why it is very important that the north caucasus get the maximum, so to speak, from these new opportunities, therefore in north ossetia we are discussing a topic related to a large a logistics center focused on the border crossing, upper larskoe, as it were, yes, this is such an important route. well, of course, on the territory of dagestan, and the same task is, given the ports and the road and the border crossings and the new highway, which is essentially being created with bypasses of makhachkala and derbent about what was also said today, that is, all these possibilities exist, but here it is very important for us to work in partnership with our caspian friends. here they can welcome here with us, uh, friends and colleagues from azerbaijan are present and from kazakhstan from iran from tajikistan from kyrgyzstan yes. here , the honorable ambassador of qatar is here and this shows that all these projects are

really substantive things that are of interest to everyone, under which there is an economy and it is necessary for them. and the fact that yesterday still seemed to be some kind of fantasy, and so to speak, as we put it mildly, bold undertakings. yes, and here, otherwise tomorrow it can be a completely practical project, which, with all those tools, about which i said, will succeed in its development. thank you vladimir petrovich, fc has a very large experience in investing in those enterprises that do not seem to bring much income, but over time become industry leaders, if we talk about the north caucasus, then the corporation works in agriculture and the provision of digital services and mineral water, and in addition, the hotel business. why are these industries interesting for you as investors and again based on your experience? how to do it in the caucasus so that an enterprise that previously did not make a profit, so it's up to him to do it and well , it's already been said so much that honestly, there is nothing to add. i fully agree

with everything that was said, you see, what's the matter, first of all, you need to work. unfortunately, uh, previous years, when there was a different life. another world, we paid little attention to today, this region is becoming a key one. and not only from the point of view of tourism, from the point of view of industrial development, from the point of view of agriculture. well, that is, a number of key things that the russian federation needs today, so, naturally, quite a large number rushed here. e investors. yes, today the investor is not the same as it was a few years ago. there was a period when thoughts in categories of tens of billions of dollars today, of course, are much more modest than petitions, but the main thing is that