Meeting with Government members

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Mishustin MikhailPrime Minister of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov AndreiFirst Deputy Prime Minister, deputy prime ministers Viktoria Abramchenko Abramchenko ViktoriaDeputy Prime Minister, Tatyana Golikova Golikova TatyanaDeputy Prime Minister, Alexander Novak Novak AlexanderDeputy Prime Minister, Alexei Overchuk and Marat Khusnullin Khusnullin MaratDeputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister - Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko Grigorenko DmitryDeputy Prime Minister - Chief of the Government Staff, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov Manturov DenisDeputy Prime Minister - Industry and Trade Minister, Deputy Prime Minister - Plenipotentiary Presidential Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev Trutnev YuryDeputy Prime Minister - Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin Oreshkin MaximAide to the President, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Developmentand Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Siluanov AntonFinance Minister.

Also invited to the meeting were Minister of Labour and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov Kotyakov AntonLabour and Social Protection Minister, Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev Savelyev VitalyMinister of Transport, Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities Irek Faizullin, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina Nabiullina ElviraGovernor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia), Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Maxim Shaskolsky Shaskolsky MaximHead of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, General Director of the State Transport Leasing Company Yevgeny Ditrikh Ditrikh Yevgeny, General Director of Rosseti Andrei Ryumin and Director-General of the United Aircraft Corporation Yury Slyusar.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues,

We discussed several issues with the Prime Minister and other colleagues in the morning, and now we will talk in a broader format and on a specific issue that is important for the economy and our people - the transport sector.

But, before we start, let's discuss some current issues. The first one concerns the development of the Eastern Operating Domain. It is also more or less directly related to what we will be discussing, although we will mostly talk about aviation. But it is also part of the transport sector.

In this context, we must increase freight figures in the Far East. This year, the total should be 180 million tonnes, reaching 210 million tonnes by the end of 2030.

To reach these targets, we must resolve a number of issues, including the electrification of the Eastern Operating Domain. We have definite plans and are working toward this.

Mr Novak, how far along is this work right now?

To be continued.