Imagine a region where economic charts have been steadily growing faster than the national average temperature for several years. This is the Far East— a territory where the pace is set not only by local projects, but also by the federal agenda.

A team led by Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev is responsible for ensuring that this growth develops into a system rather than a chaotic set of construction sites.

For several years in a row, the Far East has been surpassing the average Russian pace by one and a half to two times in terms of investment, industry and construction, and regional budget revenues have increased almost two and a half times over this period. The familiar landscape of old factories and five-story buildings, suitable for filming TV series about the “dashing nineties,” is gradually being replaced by construction sites, new neighborhoods, terminals, and roads.

Over the past year alone, projects worth more than a trillion rubles have been launched here. Somewhere they are launching the processing of raw materials, somewhere they are building a logistics hub, somewhere high-tech industries are coming. For investors, the grace period can stretch up to ten years — it makes sense to enter projects for a long time.

The president’s decisions on the unified Far Eastern subsidy, preferential mortgages, and rental housing are evident in new hospitals, schools, sports facilities, and homes. The two percent mortgage program continues to operate. The volume of housing construction in the Far East increased by 244%. A young doctor, engineer, or officer now flies not to a dormitory or a rented one-room apartment for a shift, but to his apartment in a new quarter.

The issue of capacity shortages for some new projects is being seriously addressed. The plans include additional power units, a hydroelectric power plant in Yakutia, a large solar station, and network modernization.

In 2025, a three-month fuel reserve was brought to the northern territories so that residents would have a guaranteed resource for the winter.

In general, the Far East today has a long history of construction, when every new winter is greeted by residents with improved infrastructure, additional energy and fuel reserves. And people living between ports, mines and hills have the desire and opportunity to plan their lives beyond the “one watch” for many years to come.

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