“All rundown and dilapidated housing must be torn down, and replaced with new buildings. Naturally, these should be modern low-rise buildings. We will think how to solve the problems linked with social facilities under this programme.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Chita to discuss road construction
“I have confidence that the Far East and Russia as a whole will benefit from this motorway. I hope that it will breathe new life into dozens of towns and villages as it offers new business opportunities and helps create new jobs.”
Special attention was paid during the meeting to issue of dilapidated accommodation. Ravil Geniatulin asked Vladimir Putin to extend the federal programme on this issue to ensure the problem is resolved in full. In addition, Ravil Geniatulin said that the work on housing provision for Great Patriotic War veterans was going well across the Territory.
“This project is important for our Chinese friends and for Russia. For China it means stable supplies and a better energy balance, and for us it means access to new and promising markets in the Asia-Pacific region – in this case, the very promising and rapidly developing market of China,” said Mr Putin.
“Construction of this facility will provide an opportunity not only to reaffirm Russia’s technological status and mobilise our intellectual resources and industrial potential. What is equally important, the project will enable hundreds and perhaps thousands of professionals and, above all young professionals, to express themselves and their talents and realise their most ambitious plans.”