Natural resources and transit potential of the Russian Far East provides ample opportunities for Russia to become in the future one of the leaders of the global economy and already today — an active participant in dynamically developing Asia-Pacific region. Very rich natural resources are focused on the vast territory of the Far East, an area greater than the whole of Europe. The plans for long-term economic growth and prosperity of the country, for improving life of the Russian citizens are associated with development and use of these resources. In his interview with the parliamentary columnist of the “ES” magazine Valentina Nicholskaya the chairman of the State Duma Committee on regional policy and the North and the Far East problems Nikolay Kharitonov told about peculiarities of the region development strategy, about priority of its labor potential presevation.

The leading Russian shipyard — JSC “PO “Sevmash” — is the plant from which it is worth to take an example. What is the recipe of success? On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the company its CEO Mikhail A. Budnichenko told about it in his interview with the “Economic Strategies”.