Who is the governor of Chukotka? “It is necessary that Chukotka does not depend only on gold”
Chukotka is the most remote region of Russia. At the same time, its potential is incalculable. For their effective use, the “Development Strategy of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug until 2030” has been developed, which provides for the expansion of industrial development of deposits, the accelerated development of transport and energy infrastructure, as well as attracting investments.
It turns out that the volume of public debt for each resident of Chukotka is 266.9 thousand rubles. And this is despite sky-high reserves of copper, coal, gold and tungsten. Why is the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (ChAO) Roman Kopin unable to cope with his duties?
No doctors, no apartments
Before the arrival of the former governor, Roman Abramovich, the region lay in ruins. Northern deliveries became less and less, and arrears in wages and payments increased. Having sat in the governor's chair, the oligarch invested enormous amounts of money in the development of the region.
– Abramovich created a fund that began to deliver food by plane. Every resident of the district was given food packages, and even clothes were given to residents of problem villages, recalls the famous Chukotka journalist Evgeny Rozhkov. “In just a few years, new schools, kindergartens and hospitals were built.
Therefore, when Roman Kopin replaced Roman Abramovich as governor in 2008, the region already had a serious backlog. Now the projects that had been started needed to be supported and developed. Alas, the renaissance of Chukotka did not happen.
The price of one jar of yogurt in Chukotka stores reaches 300 rubles, a dozen eggs costs 200 rubles, a kilogram of bananas costs 500 rubles. Another problem is the high cost of electricity.
According to statistics, 62% of spending regional budgets goes to social needs. Under the influence of the crisis, many regions have already reduced budget expenditures by 10% or more, but social articles saved. Only Mordovia and Chukotka decided to cut spending on education and medicine. Maybe everything is so good in these areas that budgets can be sequestered? If so... Activists of the All-Russian popular front monitored the quality of service medical care in healthcare institutions of Chukotka. The results were not so great. The most important problems: lack of staffing of institutions with specialized specialists, long waits for diagnostic tests, lack of conditions for receiving medical care for persons with disabilities. In hospitals in the urban districts of Pevek and Provideniya, disgusting sanitary and hygienic conditions were recorded.
“We noted a shortage of local therapists and highly specialized doctors—gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, oncologists,” the head of the regional department commented on the inspection. working group ONF "Social Justice" Natalya Noskova.
As for education, the Internet has not yet appeared in many schools in Chukotka. Maybe the regional administration believes that local children are only capable of herding deer?
The situation with the provision of housing, as well as the liquidation of the emergency fund, does not matter. An amazing fact was recorded directly on the website of the Chukotka administration: from 2003 to 2007, 115 families of young professionals – that’s 260 people – received new and improved housing. It's good? Undoubtedly. But in 2008 the process stopped. It turns out that with the arrival of Mr. Kopin? At least there is no reporting on the website.
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According to a study by the consulting company McKinsey & Company, Moscow is among the top cities in which it is profitable to do business. Also, the Russian capital is increasingly being called one of the most attractive cities for tourists from different countries.
Chukchi, however, is cunning
But corruption seems to have flourished under Mr. Kopin. So, in 2014, according to a study conducted public organization“Safe Fatherland”, specializing in the fight against corruption, Chukotka, led by Kopin, was among the leaders.
Here is a very significant example. Previously Federal antimonopoly service said there were signs of collusion between the department industrial policy, construction and housing and communal services of the Chukotka government, its two established enterprises: State Unitary Enterprise PrJSC Chukotsnab and State Enterprise PrJSC ChukotAVIA, as well as other commercial firms - Vityaz Aviation Corporation LLC and Chukotka-Leasing LLC. Apparently, the department of industrial policy, construction and housing and communal services and business entities were in a conspiracy to ensure the victory of Vityaz Aviation Corporation LLC and Chukotka-Leasing LLC in the purchase of two DHC-6 Series 400 Twin Otter aircraft , selection of a leasing company for the right to conclude an aircraft leasing agreement, as well as preventing other persons from winning in these procurements. As a result, a case was opened against the department, State Unitary Enterprise PrJSC Chukotsnab, State Enterprise PrJSC ChukotAVIA, Aviation Corporation Vityaz LLC and Chukotka-Leasing LLC for violation of antimonopoly legislation on grounds of violation of Art. 16 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”. As a result, the FSB Chukotka District opened a criminal case against Chukotsnab, which carried out a purchase worth 300 million rubles with violations. By the way, the general director and owner of 14.5% in Vityaz Aviation Corporation LLC is a certain Sergey Antsiferov. At the same time, anti-corruption fighters call Sergei Antsiferov a possible “wallet” of Governor Kopin. In turn, Chukotka-Leasing LLC is 100% owned by the State Unitary Enterprise Chukotsnab, which is 100% owned by PrJSC.
“Chukotsnab has already been caught committing fraud,” says Konstantin Pronyakin, a member of the ONF from Khabarovsk. – Director of the Avial DV company Yuri Chechurin sent a letter to Governor Kopin, in which he explained what violations he had to face when participating in procurement competitions with the State Unitary Enterprise Chukotsnab. The response from Governor Kopin came immediately: “No violations were identified in the activities of the State Unitary Enterprise Chukotsnab.” “The developed scheme led not only to the elimination of other suppliers from the market, but also to a significant increase in procurement costs,” says Andrey Tenishev, head of the anti-cartel department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation. - Difference between original cost and the one for which the aircraft were purchased amounted to more than 30%.
In general, the schemes used are much more ingenious. And you say Chukotka...
Jar of yogurt – 300 rubles
At the same time, the quality of life in Chukotka is not getting better. What is not surprising is that goods are delivered to remote regions by air. The price of one jar of yogurt in Chukotka stores reaches 300 rubles, a dozen eggs costs 200 rubles, a kilogram of bananas costs 500 rubles. Another problem is the high cost of electricity. Still not completed the federal law, which demanded to reduce the cost of electricity to the average Russian level. Today, everywhere a significant part of the costs falls on electricity – 20–40% of the cost of any product. In the gold mining industry of Chukotka, a reduction in energy costs will lead to the fact that it will make sense to develop deposits even with a minimum gold concentration of 1–3 grams per ton. And there are many undeveloped deposits - Chukotka is still very little studied by geologists, no more than 10%! Therefore, the subsoil and mountains of Chukotka are still waiting in the wings. And also, perhaps, a more skillful and efficient governor.
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Chukotka autonomous region was formed on December 10, 1930. The territory area is 721.5 thousand square kilometers. The population as of February 2017 was 49,822 people. In Chukotka, reserves of non-ferrous and precious metals, huge coal deposits - over 4 billion tons. The potential of the copper deposit is almost 32 million tons, gold - over 2 thousand tons.
April 16, 2019, National Project “Demography” On budgetary allocations to support families when children are born Far East Orders of April 13, 2019 No. 743-r, No. 744-r. In order to implement the federal project “Financial support for families at the birth of children” of the national project “Demography” in the constituent entities of the Federation included in the Far Eastern federal district, from reserve fund The government allocates 3146.26 million rubles for lump sum payment at the birth of the first child, provision of regional maternity capital at the birth of the second child, monthly payments at the birth of the third and subsequent children.
January 12, 2019, Territories of rapid socio-economic development in the Far Eastern Federal District On the expansion and renaming of the territory of rapid socio-economic development in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Resolution of January 10, 2019 No. 3. The boundaries of the Beringovsky ASEZ include two land plots on the territory of Bilibinsky municipal district Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. In these areas it is planned to implement investment projects for the development and development of deposits of gold, silver, copper and molybdenum, also the name of the territory of rapid socio-economic development was changed to the Chukotka ASEZ.
January 3, 2019 For security individual categories More than 31 billion rubles were provided to citizens with preferential medicines, medical devices and specialized products in 2019 The distribution of subventions to the budgets of the constituent entities of the Federation in the amount of 31.367 billion rubles in 2019 was approved.
December 18, 2018, Road maintenance On additional budgetary allocations for development highways Order No. 2772-r dated December 14, 2018. The distribution of interbudgetary transfers in the total amount of 12,073 million rubles to 27 constituent entities of the Federation for the development and modernization of the highway network was approved common use regional, intermunicipal and local significance.
December 17, 2018, Pension provision On the distribution in 2019 of interbudgetary transfers to the constituent entities of the Federation for the payment of regional social supplements to pensions Order No. 2776-r dated December 14, 2018. The distribution in 2019 of interbudgetary transfers to the budgets of 13 constituent entities of the Federation in the amount of 7074.1 million rubles for the payment of regional social supplements to pensions was approved.
December 4, 2018 Issues of socio-economic development of the region were discussed, in particular, increasing the availability of quality medical services, providing communications to remote areas and improving the life of indigenous peoples.
December 1, 2018, Social insurance On the implementation in the constituent entities of the Federation of a pilot project on payments for mandatory social insurance directly to the insured persons Resolution No. 1459 of December 1, 2018. The pilot project is currently being implemented in 39 regions. In 2019–2020, another 38 subjects of the Federation will be included in the pilot project.
November 19, 2018, Migration policy On establishing quotas for issuance foreign citizens and stateless persons with temporary residence permits in Russia for 2019 Order of November 15, 2018 No. 2496-r. For 2019, a quota is set for issuing 83,480 temporary residence permits in Russia to foreign citizens and stateless persons - 6,880 permits less than in 2018.
October 20, 2018, General issues of cultural policy About the award of the Government Prize “Soul of Russia” for 2018 Order No. 2233-r dated October 16, 2018. 15 awards were awarded in the categories “Folk Music”, “Folk Singing”, “Folk Master”, “Traditional Folk Culture” and “Folk Dance”.
October 10, 2018, Social support for certain categories of citizens On increasing the volume of subventions to provide certain categories of citizens with medicines, medical devices and specialized medical nutrition products for disabled children Order No. 2173-r dated October 10, 2018. The volume of subventions was increased by 748.24 million rubles due to an increase in the number of citizens entitled to receive state social assistance.
April 28, 2018, Remuneration. Income of the population On budgetary allocations to increase wages for workers budgetary sphere Order No. 780-r dated April 27, 2018. Funds in the amount of 16.3 billion rubles are allocated from the reserve fund of the Russian Government to provide subsidies to 54 constituent entities of the Federation for the payment regional coefficients To wages and percentage premiums established on federal level, above minimum size wages from January 1, 2018 and to increase wages for public sector workers in connection with the increase in the minimum wage from May 1, 2018.
April 16, 2018, Organization of the healthcare system. Health insurance About budget allocations for implementation information systems V medical organizations Order No. 659-r dated April 12, 2018. Funds in the amount of 2 billion rubles are allocated from the reserve fund of the Russian Government to provide interbudgetary transfers to 75 constituent entities of the Federation for the implementation of medical information systems in state and municipal healthcare organizations providing primary health care.
March 20, 2018, Tuesday On budgetary allocations for drug provision for certain categories of citizens Order of March 15, 2018 No. 428-r. The Ministry of Health is allocated funds in the amount of 3.8 billion rubles from the reserve fund of the Russian Government to provide interbudgetary transfers to constituent entities of the Federation for the implementation of certain powers in the field of drug provision in order to provide medications to certain categories of citizens with disabilities.
March 19, 2018, Circulation of medicines, medical devices and substances On budgetary allocations for the development of palliative care Order of March 15, 2018 No. 427-r. The Ministry of Health is allocated funds in the amount of 4.35 billion rubles from the reserve fund of the Russian Government to provide interbudgetary transfers to the constituent entities of the Federation for the development of palliative medical care.
1Governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Roman Kopin gave an exclusive interview to FederalPress as part of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The head of the region spoke about whether Chukotka will become a polymetallic region and how it is better than Australia and North America.
– Roman Valentinovich, how will Chukotka remember the third forum?
– We are actively trying to conclude agreements on the development of subsoil use, energy, and fish processing. Chukotka is a golden region, and now we are doing everything to develop subsoil use. I would like the district not to depend only on gold. So that Chukotka becomes a polymetallic region. We are developing coal projects. All this will help diversify our economy.
Despite the fact that we do not have such rich fish resources as Magadan, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Chukotka has its own small niche - coastal fishing. We will not have the same volumes as our neighbors, but we will be able to process resources on our own territory. Everyone will benefit from this: both our residents and the Russian consumer. I think we will be able to pamper Russians with Chukchi fish products - we have export opportunities.
We continue to develop clean energy, primarily nuclear generation. We are optimistic about the development of such projects. In 2019, we will install a unique, first in the world, nuclear power plant. This will provide an opportunity for new investment projects to develop.
We have taken an important step - we have signed agreements with Japanese companies on renewable energy. Japan has made great progress in these matters. And this is a promising area for cooperation.
– In Chukotka, people probably don’t want to take a hectare... After all, it’s an Arctic territory.
– There is a twofold situation here. On the one hand, those who want a hectare get it. We are one of the most effective regions in interacting with residents on this issue. On the other hand, objectively we don’t have that many applications – currently about 300. You can look at this differently: for some it’s a lot, for others it’s not enough. But we really shouldn’t forget that Chukotka is an Arctic region. People who come here are clearly aware of what they are in for.
People take land for farming and recreational purposes. They take it local residents and those who left for Moscow or St. Petersburg, but have an idea where the hectare is located.
In general, we have 25 million hectares open for registration. So, hypothetically, we can populate the whole of Chukotka.
– Don’t people flee from a cold region to somewhere warmer?
– We have natural population growth. There is also a small outflow. For our part, we create conditions for comfortable compact living. We replace inefficient enterprises with efficient ones. A year ago, the Ugolnaya mine was closed. This, of course, is negative news for the population. But in parallel, since last year, we opened coal mining within the Beringovsky ASEZ. Some people were built there, and those who wanted were helped to move to the central parts of the country. So a kind of substitution occurs. Again, shift workers come to work with us - there are several thousand of them. They do not live in Chukotka, but they benefit the economy.
– Roman Valentinovich, since we’re talking about TORs. How is Beringovsky developing, is it successful?
– It has been working for a little over a year, and there are already 25 residents. More than 15 billion rubles of investment. The main investment project is coal mining. The first export deliveries have already been made. At the peak of the shaft we produce 150-200 thousand tons. Next year the plan is 600 thousand, and in a year we will reach a million.
This is an interesting situation... Chukotka on a flat map looks like the end of the earth and seems unrealistically far away. In fact, we are much closer to Asian markets than many suppliers. We are two times closer than Australia, three times closer than North America. We are located in a strategically important location, and we are using this potential properly.
– The President gave instructions to develop small aviation in the Far East. In Chukotka, in principle, there are no other options?
- Right. Small aviation is the only option. Such are the geographical and climatic features of the region. The high dispersion of the population leaves no other chances for movement. On dogs, on deer - it takes a long time and sometimes unrealistic.
Our aviation is the most important function- sanitary. Often you need to quickly get to a camp or a remote village. Chukotavia works for us, and we support them in every possible way. At the same time, we make sure that tariffs are affordable for the population. We are working with the frequency of flights so that people do not wait for months for the required flights. In general, we have enough aircraft. But there is a problem of replacing the old park. We use the government program for purchasing aircraft on lease. New DH-6 aircraft appeared - they were purchased by the Rosneft company.
Our neighbors on Sakhalin have a pilot training center. We plan to create with colleagues effective project on personnel exchange.
We will soon receive a new helicopter equipped to operate in Arctic conditions. We will put it into operation as quickly as possible.
– Roman Valentinovich, do tourists come to you?
- They're going. They are interested in local history and fishing. There are points of interest - cruise routes, Wrangel Island - a maternity hospital for polar bears, we have the 180th meridian - a kind of time machine. And anyway, wouldn’t you like to see the Arctic?
