President of Russia : Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Trutnev Trutnev YuryDeputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, the Far Eastern Federal District accounts for over 36 percent of the Russian Federation's territory.

Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev: That is correct.

Vladimir Putin: What is the situation in the area of your responsibility? What have you accomplished there over the past year and what do you plan to do?

Yury Trutnev: Mr President, we continue working to fulfil your task to accelerate the socioeconomic development of the Far East. We prioritise the creation of system-critical conditions.

Last year, five federal laws were adopted that are designed to improve people's lives and the investment climate. I would like to mention the tariff unification law as the most important development. We have created four new free ports, improved the mechanism for regional investment projects and made the decision to provide people one hectare of land free of charge.

This work is continuing. We have 11 draft laws pending this year, including a bill facilitating the issuance of visas to enter the free port of Vladivostok, 22 Government acts, including such comprehensive ones as the development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur - that is with regard to legislative activity.

On the practical level, 24 new enterprises opened and over 1,000 jobs were created last year within the framework of state support mechanisms. Five priority development territories and four new free ports were created. The total number of investment projects underway now is nearing 500.

To be continued.