Liberation of business on Curils from taxes for 10 years is a positive measure, but for the growth of the regional economy, it is necessary to develop a tourist cluster, ports, and catching, selling and recycling. Such an opinion in a conversation with “Tape.ru” was expressed by the State Duma deputy, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy Sergey Zhigarev.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously told that a new offshore will appear on the Kuril Islands. “We hope that the preferential regime on Kurilla will bring weighty results for the development of the islands, to launch promising projects, primarily in areas such as tourism, Mauchelutra and processing,” said the head of state.
“It is important to develop those directions that are available”
Zhigarev noticed that, despite all the attempts of the government, to increase interest in the Far East, the population decreases there, and entrepreneurs are becoming less and less.
“Any economic measures, suggestions for the Far East should go beyond the scope of empty statements. Curiles – an extremely complex region, therefore work with it should be clear and consistent. It is necessary to develop fish-processing plants, develop port activities and launch a modern fish fleet. Clear It is no mineral in the region, but it is important to develop those directions that are available, attracting investments in this way, “politician believes.
Deputy believes that the regions support measures are good to everyone, but not enough. According to him, you can run at least ten projects in the Far Eastern hectare, but this is not enough to attract the population to the region.
“Of course, all this to some extent restrains the permanent outflow of the population, but statistics still says that fewer people come to the Far East than you are leaving. In order to change the well-established system, more serious actions are needed. . For example, the declaration of the region is completely a non-free zone, where all the possibilities of business development would be open to entrepreneurs, “the deputy suggested.
One of the most promising directions, Zhigarev considers the development of port activities. The Far East, he said, is one big port in Asia, China, South Korea, which opens up large commercial capabilities.
“It is also necessary to develop a tourist cluster. It is clear that the climatic conditions in the region are quite difficult, it is difficult to build there, but you need. We have, for which it is necessary to cling, you just need to repel from it and move on. So we develop tourism, Ports, as well as fishing, selling and processing fish, “- summarized politics.
Since 2017, there are two special administrative areas (SAR) in Russia, which are informally called Russian offshores: in the Primorsky Territory and in the Kaliningrad region. However, the benefits in them are limited.