As part of the working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Murmansk Region, a bilateral meeting was held with Governor Andrey Chibis. The Head of the Murmansk Region thanked the head of state for his attention to the region and support for a number of initiatives, and also reported on the results and future plans for the implementation of the strategic project "Live in the North!" and national projects aimed at improving the lives of citizens in the region.
The Governor noted that over the past five years, the region has been involved in 13 national projects.
"All key indicators are 100% fulfilled. We have now started working on new national projects. Once again, many thanks for the decisions related to the allocation of separate sections on the Arctic in national projects. Our strategic plan "To live in the North!" is the motto of this forum, synchronized with national projects, clear, worked out with people, coordinated, aimed at ensuring investment growth and, of course, at increasing citizens' incomes and quality of life," said Governor Andrei Chibis.
1.5 trillion rubles have been invested in the development of the Murmansk Region, and the region ranks in the top 10 in Russia in terms of GRP per capita.
Compared to 2019, the rate of population decline has decreased by almost 2.5 times.
Thanks to the development of the economy, it was possible to increase investments in improving the quality of life of Northerners.
Thus, more than 200 social facilities have been built and overhauled, public transport in the region has been updated by almost 100%, access to school and preschool education is 100% – in recent years, eight kindergartens and three schools have been built, and every seventh school in the region has been renovated.
Separately, the head of the region thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Murmansk Region gasification project.
"For us, besides moving away from fuel oil, we are trying, cheap and clean heating is, of course, a huge growth point. Both the LNG project and the project of processing the raw materials that we extract, including apatite raw materials. A different quality of life," emphasized Andrey Chibis.
"I will return to Moscow and work on this issue with the participants in this process," Vladimir Putin said.
/ Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region /
Photo: The Government of the Russian Federation, kremlin.ru